- THOM, WILLIAM
- a minor Scottish vernacular poet, author of "The Mitherless Bairn," &c.; was a native of and hand-loom weaver at Aberdeen; endured much hardship and poverty (1799-1848).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
THOM, WILLIAM
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