Robert Jamieson (antiquary)

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Robert Jamieson (1772 – 24 September 1844)[1] was a Scottish antiquarian.

He was born in Moray. In 1806 he published a collection of 149 traditional ballads and songs, along with two pleasing lyrics of his own, entitled Popular Ballads And Songs From Tradition, Manuscripts And Scarce Editions With Translations Of Similar Pieces From The Ancient Danish Language.

Henry Weber and Scott in Illustrations of Northern Antiquities
(1814), and edited Burt's Letters from Scotland with Scott in 1818.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jamieson, Robert". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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  2. ^ Scott, Walter (1849). The Lady of the Lake. Francis. p. 284. Retrieved 21 November 2018. the ghaist's warning.