Soutar Elizabeth
Title
Soutar Elizabeth
Creator
"Blind Poetess"
Coverage
Dundee (born Coupar Angus)
Birth Date
1768
First Name
Elizabeth
Last Name
Soutar
Bibliography
Reid, 437-8; inf. Florence Boos
Biographical Text
Voluntarily rejected dole and maintained herself from sale of rhymes. Wrote simple hymns. Daughter of a shoemaker, received some education. She lived in Dundee from age 13.
Occupation
hymn-writer
Nationality
Scottish
Publications
1835 published in Dundee a fifty-page book of poems and a memoir
- Date Added
- September 21, 2012
- Collection
- Labour Class Poets
- Item Type
- Person
- Tags
- Female
- Citation
- "Blind Poetess", “Soutar Elizabeth,” Amanda's Test Omeka site, accessed April 19, 2024, https://amandafrench.omeka.net/items/show/328.