About Deric Bolton
Lived 1908 – 1993 (aged 84–85). Deric Bolton was a chemist and poet.
Frederick James (Deric) Bolton (1908–1993) was a Scottish research chemist and poet born in Paisley. He studied at Birkbeck College, and
was an exponent of the exploration and elucidation of science through verse. His poetry collections include Glasgow Central Station (1972) and a volume of selected poems, August Morning on Tweed (Galliard, 1991). He lived most of his life in Edinburgh and was vice-chair of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse.
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British poet and chemist
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Deric Bolton was born in 1908.
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Deric Bolton died in 1993.
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