Remembering Robert Fergusson: The Poet's Legacies in the 21st Century – Professor Rhona Brown

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the death of Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson, the Mitchell Library in collaboration with the University of Glasgow , will host a free exhibition (9th Sep - 30th Oct 2024) and events programme this autumn which celebrates the significant textual, medical, linguistic and cultural legacies left by Robert Fergusson.

As part of our free events programme, we are delighted to welcome Professor Rhona Brown to the Mitchell Library. Prof Brown will discuss the life and works of Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson (1750-74) whose tragically short life was nonetheless one of literary achievement and influence to the extent that Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), often considered Scotland’s national poet, described Fergusson as a key catalyst for his own poetry, and as his 'elder brother in the Muse'.

Further Prof Brown will also discuss the details of a Leverhulme Trust funded project currently underway at the University of Glasgow, which will produce a new Complete Works of Robert Fergusson and investigate his legacy in 2024, the 250th anniversary of his death.