About Andrew Mercer
Lived 1775 – 1842 (aged 67). Andrew Mercer was a painter and poet.
Andrew Mercer (1775–1842) was a Scottish poet and topographer.
Life Mercer was born in Selkirk. Destined for the ministry of the Secession Church by his family, in 1790 he entered the University of Edinburgh. Ultimately he gave up theology, studied the fine arts, and tried unsuccessfully to make a living in Edinburgh as a miniature-painter and man of letters. He was acquainted with John Leyden and Alexander Murray.
Settling in Dunfermline, Mercer lived by teaching and by drawing patterns for the damask manufacturers. In later life he suffered money troubles. He died at Dunfermline, 11 June 1842.
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Who was Andrew Mercer?
Scottish poet and topographer
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Andrew Mercer was born on 17 January 1775.
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Andrew Mercer died on 17 January 1842.
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Andrew Mercer was a painter and poet.
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