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Cunningham (ALLAN a Scotch poet)

ALLAN, a Scotch poet and miscellaneous writer; born in Keir, Dumfriesshire, Dec. 7, 1784. When a youth he served as an apprentice to a stone-mason; but later became a reporter in London, and wrote "Sir Marmaduke Maxwell," a dramatic poem, and "Lord Roldan" and "Paul Jones," romances.

His "Critical History of the Literature of the Last Fifty Years," and other books, prompted Sir Walter Scott to call him a genius. He died in London, Oct. 30, 1842.