130 Years
1990
Our President in 1990/1 was:
Professor Edwin Morgan, OBE, MA, D.Litt
He proposed the Toast to Sir Walter at our 82nd Annual Dinner on Friday 1st March 1991 in the Upper Library Hall, University of Edinburgh
Read the text of his address here in the [bulletin]
Edwin George Morgan OBE FRSE was a Scottish poet and translator who was associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Scottish national poet: The Scots Makar.
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Image credited to Alex Boyd
