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Robert Blair was a Scottish poet remembered for a single poem, The Grave, which was influential in giving rise to the graveyard school (q.v.) of poetry. Educated in Edinburgh and Holland, Blair was ordained in 1731 and appointed to Athelstaneford, East Lothian.
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Nov 4, 2019 · Robert Blair, senior advisor to the White House Chief of Staff, left, and Douglas Hoelscher, deputy assistant to U.S. President Donald Trump and director of intergovernmental affairs, walk to ...
Biography. 'The Skeleton Reanimated', one of William Blake 's illustrations for The Grave. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Robert Blair, one of the king's chaplains, and was born at Edinburgh. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and in the Netherlands, and in 1731 was appointed minister of Athelstaneford in East Lothian.
A Scottish poet, eldest son of the Rev. Robert Blair, one of the king’s chaplains, was born at Edinburgh in 1699. He too became a minister at Athelstaneford in East Lothian. He was educated at Edinburgh University and in Holland, and in 1731 was appointed to the living of Athelstaneford in East Lothian.
Robert Benjamin Blair (born December 18, 1972) is an American government official who served as the United States Special Representative for International Telecommunications Policy. Blair previously served as the clerk of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense until 2017.
They also appear together in a further (undated) pencil sketch, traced over in ink, with a pyramid in the background. [1] " The Grave " is a blank verse poem by the Scottish poet Robert Blair. [2] It is the work for which he is primarily renowned. [2] [3] According to Blair, in a letter he wrote to Philip Doddridge, the greater part of the poem ...
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