Robert Fergusson
The name Robert Fergusson is the first name on the monument.
The monument is in Canongate Kirk church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
There are 236 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
Robert Fergusson was buried in 1774. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.
Robert Fergusson calculated age is 23.
Robert Fergusson birth is given as 1751.
Robert Fergusson is listed on the GPR grave numbered 162943.
Robert Fergusson is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.
Robert Fergusson has the record number 348269 within the GPR person name database table.
The record was added to the GPR on 14 November 2011
There are images available for the monument listing Robert Fergusson (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Robert Fergusson record:
Poet He was originally intended for the Church but not being suited to this he ultimately obtained employment as a copyist He wrote verses on all sorts of occasions chiefly for Ruddimans Weekly Magazine No one could think ill of Fergusson who was the friend and brother of everybody He was a good singer and found of society but fell into habits of dissaption; and becoming insane died in a lunatic asylum His grave remained quite undistinguished until Burns arrived in Edinburgh On reaching Fergussons grave Burns uncovered his head knelt down and embraced the venerated clay Burns afterwards obtained permission from the Magistrates to erect this monument to the memory of Fergusson