Minister in the church of scotland prior to the disruption (1813-1843).
Born May 21st, 1813 in Edinburgh.
Died March 25th, 1843 at 29 years old in Dundee (typhus).
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel