John Veitch (poet)

John Veitch (24 October 1829 – 3 September 1894), Scottish philosopher, poet and historian.

He was born in Peebles, the only son of Peninsular War veteran James Veitch and his wife Nancy Ritchie, a woman steeped in the folk traditions of the Borders.

[1] He was assistant lecturer successively to Sir William Hamilton and Alexander Campbell Fraser (1856–60).

He deplored the damaging environmental impacts of industrialisation and campaigned to save old buildings.

He is remembered chiefly for his work on the literature and antiquities of the Scottish Borders.