William Thom (poet)

William Thom (1788 – 29 February 1848) was a Scottish poet who wrote in the Scots language.

Thom was a native of Aberdeen, where he worked as a hand-loom weaver, enduring considerable hardship and poverty.

[1] A biography of Thom appears in the book James Hogg by Sir George Douglas (Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1899) in the Famous Scots Series.

According to the death record on the site scotlandspeople.gov.uk, Thom died of "consumption" and was interred on 3 March.

He is interred at Western Cemetery, Dundee, where a memorial monument was erected by admirers of the poet.