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Robert Heron

New Galloway 1764 – 1807 London English, French, German, Hebrew Main: Edinburgh London cleric journalist playwright poet translator traveller writer Robert Heron, 1764-1807 (viaf) Heron, Robert (cerl)

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  1. An account of the dangers to which I have been exposed, since the 31st May, 1793. Interspersed with historical remarks: by John-Baptist Louvet, one of the French Representatives who were proscribed in 1793, and now President of the National Convention translation translator

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Not same person as John Pinkerton who used the pseudonym of Robert Heron or H. Bennet.

Preciously talented but dissipated writer, journalist, critic and hack translator who began translating for Morisons of Perth to pay off his debts during his divinity studies under the Rev. Hugh Blair. May have translated 16 works during the 1790s. He also translated fiction, such as the Arabian Nights. Died impoverished in Newgate prison.

For more on Heron's fascinating life, see Robert Heron, 'Journal of my Conduct' (never intended for publication and now in the University of Edinburgh library [La.III.272]. An online version has been edited by Edward J. Cowan and published as "The Journal of Robert Heron", in Review of Scottish Culture, 27 (2015): 108–31. Sadly, it is missing a great chunk between 1793–1798 when Heron appeared to give up his entries.

See also: Simon Burrows, 'French exile journalism and European politics, 1792–1814' ( ); James Sinton, "Robert Heron and his writings, with a bibliography", in Publications of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, 15 (1935), 17-33; Catherine Carswell, "Heron: A Study in Failure", in The Scots Magazine 18 (1932): 37–48; Adam Abraham Mendilow, "Robert Heron and Wordsworth's Critical Essays", in The Modern Language Review 52, no.3 (1957): 329–33; and Edward J. Cowan, "Robert Heron of New Galloway (1764–1807): Enlightened Ethnologist", in Review of Scottish Culture 26 (2014): 25–41.