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Robert Gilchrist | |
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Born | Gateshead, County Durham | 8 September 1797
Died | 11 July 1844 | (aged 46)
Nationality | English |
Occupation | poet |
Notable work | "The Amphitrite" |
Spouse |
Miss Margaret Bradley Morrison
(m. 1823) |
Robert Gilchrist (1797–1844) was a Tyneside poet, born in Gateshead in County Durham. Possibly his best-known work is "The Amphitrite" – (or sometimes called "The Skippers Erudition", an example of Geordie dialect).