Thomas Aird (28 August 1802 – 25 April 1876) was a Scottish poet, best known for his 1830 narrative poem The Captive of Fez. Aird was born in 1802 at...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Aird (21 December 1760 – 1 November 1839) was a British Army officer of the Napoleonic era who was present at the Battle of...
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Ard (surname) (redirect from Aird (surname))
Aird is a Scottish surname. Ard is an anglicized variant of the surname. Aird originates from a place name, either The Aird, an area of the County of...
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as Christopher North. Here, he formed friendships with Thomas Aird, Thomas de Quincey, and Thomas Carlyle. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Edinburgh...
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Robert Burns Aird (5 November 1903 – 28 January 2000) was an American educator, neurologist and epileptologist. Aird's father, Dr. John Aird, founded Provo...
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Rev George Gilfillan, a poetry critic in Dundee. Gilfillan wrote to Thomas Aird "You will be greatly interested in his simple manner and appearance-an...
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Society of Edinburgh. A collection of his poetry was edited in 1852 by Thomas Aird. Among his publications were the famous Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor...
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Alexander Adam (1741–1809), teacher and writer on classical literature Thomas Aird (1802–1876), poet and editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal Archibald...
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