Quote of the day
An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
Robert Gilfillan

Born: July 7, 1798
Died: December 4, 1850 (aged 52)
Bio: Robert Gilfillan was a poet and songwriter, born at Dunfermline, Scotland, and latterly a collector of the police rates at Leith. He wrote a number of Scottish songs, and was favourably mentioned in Noctes Ambrosianae.






