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Ian Hamilton Finlay
Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (1925–2006)
Ian Hamilton FinlayCBE (28 October 1925 – 27 March 2006) was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener.
Life
Finlay was born in Nassau, Bahamas, to James Hamilton Finlay and his wife, Annie Pettigrew, both of Scots descent.
He was educated at Dollar Academy in Clackmannanshire and later at Glasgow School of Art.
At the age of 13, with the outbreak of the Second World War, he was evacuated to family in the countryside (firstly to Gartmore and then to Kirkudbright). In 1942, he joined the British Army.[5] Finlay was married twice and had two children, Alec and Ailie.
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Throughout his life, he suffered severely from agoraphobia.[6] He died in Edinburgh in 2006.[7] He is buried alone in Abercorn Churchyard in West Lothian, Scotland. The grave lies in the extreme south-east corner of the churchyard.
The gravestone refers to his parents and sister.
Poetry
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