Frederick James (Deric) Bolton (1908–1993) was a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

research

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field. Chemists study the composition of ...

and

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

born in Paisley. He studied at

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, and was an exponent of the exploration and elucidation of

science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

through verse. His poetry collections include ''Glasgow Central Station'' (1972) and a volume of selected poems, ''August Morning on Tweed'' (Galliard, 1991). He lived most of his life in

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and was vice-chair of the

Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse The Poetry Association of Scotland (or PAS), formerly known as the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse, is a public, membership-based literary society founded in 1924 principally by John Masefield, along with other figures such as Mario ...

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Scottish chemists 1908 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Scottish poets Scottish male poets 20th-century Scottish male writers Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London {{Scotland-writer-stub