Thomas Atkinson (poet)

[3][4] Later he ran a bookshop at 80 Trongate under the name of Atkinson & Co.[5] After the passing of the Reform Bill, Atkins became a candidate in the liberal interest for the representation of the Stirling Burghs in parliament, but was unsuccessful, losing to Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny.

[1] In 1821 appeared the pseudonymous work Three Nights in Perthshire by Percy Yorke Jr., written by Thomas Atkinson.

[2][4] The book is a fictionalised account of their visit to Loch Ard and the farm Ledard there, run by the Macfarlane family.

Atkinson published the Sextuple Alliance (poems on Napoleon Bonaparte), dedicated to James Ewing of Levenside, a friend.

[12] It was in existence until the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College was founded in 1887 when its funds were used for student bursaries.