Tannahill

Tannahill

Tannahill, Robert, schottischer Dichter, geb. 3. Juni 1774 in Paisley, war ein Weber, seine dichterischen Anlagen wurden bes. genährt durch Smiths Composition seiner Lieder; er endete, in Schwermuth versunken, 17. Mai 1810 sein Leben u. schr.: Poems and songs, 1807, deutsch im 2. Bd. von Heintze's Celedon; Werke, Glasgow 1838, u. A. 1851.


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