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Bruce (MICHAEL a Scottish poet born)

MICHAEL, a Scottish poet, born in Kinnesswood, Kinross-shire, March 27, 1746. At first a herd-boy, he succeeded in attending Edinburgh University, occupying himself in the intervals as a village schoolmaster. His poems, of which the best known is the "Elegy," on his own approaching death, were published by the Rev. John Logan, in 1770. He died July 5, 1767.