(James) Hamish Scott Henderson was a Scottish poet, songwriter, communist, intellectual and soldier. He was a catalyst for the folk revival in Scotland. He was also an accomplished folk song collector.
Born on Armistice day in Scotland, moved to England with his mother. 1959 settled in Edinburgh where he died.
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Hamish Henderson
This depicts an anonymous 12-year-old youth standing on a giant, fallen ash t...
17th Earl of Oxford. Possibly born at Castle Hedingham, Essex. He wrote poetry and was a court favourite. Since the 1920s, he has been among the alternative candidates for the authorship of Shakes...
Poet and cricket lover, author of 'The Hound of Heaven'. Born Preston, Lancashire into the middle classes. Went through a period as a down-and-out and opium addict before being discovered as a poet...
Poet. Born Belfast, Northern Ireland at 2 Brookhill Avenue. Joined the BBC in 1941 as scriptwriter and producer and it was with the BBC, checking out the sound effects down a mineshaft, that he c...
Frank Mowbray Taubman was born on 13 June 1868 in Holloway, Middlesex (now Greater London), the second of the four children of Robert Taubman (1840-1905) and Fanny Taubman née Mountain (1845-1932)....
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