Fothergill, George Algernon (author and illustrator)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1868-1945. - 1945
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Five volumes of newspaper cuttings with annotations by James Logie Robertson and a letter of George Fothergill to Robertson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.6659/1-6
Scope and Contents
James Logie Robertson was born in Milnathort, Kinross-shire in 1846 and educated at Orwell Parish School and Edinburgh University. He was assistant master at Heriot's Hospital and George Watson's College before joining the staff at Edinburgh Ladies' College in 1876. His
writings, some under the pen-name of 'Hugh Haliburton', include English text-books, essays and poetry. Robertson died in 1922.Five volumes of newspaper cuttings with annotations by James Logie Robertson and a...
Dates:
1896-1910, 1916-1917.
Poems of George Algernon Fothergill inspired by Robert Burns.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14570
Scope and Contents
The poems covers observations on Burns Nights, as well as on whisky and haggis.
Fothergill noted that he resided at the Craigiehall Estate, just outside Edinburgh, when he wrote all but three of the poems. This view appears repeatedly throughout the volume.
Dates:
1911-1927.