Moir, D. M. (David Macbeth), 1798-1851
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Author and physician David MacBeth Moir was born and raised in Musselburgh, Scotland, and studied to be a doctor at the University of Edinburgh. He returned to Mussleburgh to practice medicine, and began writing both poetry and prose for various periodicals, notably Blackwood's Magazine. He was known as Delta, as he often signed his verse with that Greek letter. He also wrote a history of medicine, and an overview of contemporary poetry.
From the description of Art thou Allan?, 1842. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 67612896
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Moir, D. M. (David Macbeth), 1798-1851. Art thou Allan?, 1842.
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
David Macbeth Moir fonds.
McMaster University
Moir, David Macbeth, 1798-1851. Letter: 1850 Mar. 11, Musselburgh, to David Laing / D. M. Moir.
University of Edinburgh - Main Library, Edinburgh University Library
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. Life of Mansie Wauch : etchings (proofs), 1839.
Princeton University Library
Brown, Nathaniel. [Commonplace book], 1825 and later.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Victorian poets, extra-illustrated.
Houghton Library
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Blackwood, Miss,
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Brown, Nathaniel.
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Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
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Dun, Finlay, 1795-1853.
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Pope-Hennessy, John, Sir,
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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-
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Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908
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Subjects:
- Antiquities
- Male authors, English
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Moir, David Macbeth, 1798-1851
Moir, D. M. 1798-1851
Moir, David Macbeth
Moir, David M. 1798-1851
Delta
Moir, D. M.
Delta, 1798-1851