James Wedderburn
Illustration — Reprint of The Gude and Godlie Ballatis from 1600 James Wedderburn (c. 1495 – 1553) was a Scottish poet and playwright, the eldest son of James Wedderburn, merchant of Dundee (described in documents as "at the West Kirk Style" to distinguish him from others of the name), and of Janet Barry, sister of John Barry, vicar of Dundee. He was born in Dundee about 1495, and matriculated at St Andrews University in 1514.
James Wedderburn
John Wedderburn (c. 1505-56), James Wedderburn (c. 1495 – 1553) and Robert Wedderburn (c. 1510-1555) · https: Project Guttenberg · Public domain
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- 1495 · Dundee.
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- poet · writer · theologian
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- University of St Andrews
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Illustration — Reprint of The Gude and Godlie Ballatis from 1600 James Wedderburn (c. 1495 – 1553) was a Scottish poet and playwright, the eldest son of James Wedderburn, merchant of Dundee (described in documents as "at the West Kirk Style" to distinguish him from others of the name), and of Janet Barry, sister of John Barry, vicar of Dundee. He was born in Dundee about 1495, and matriculated at St Andrews University in 1514.
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Born at Dundee in 1495, died in France in 1553.
James Wedderburn studied at University of St Andrews.
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- 1.King, Pamela M. "The Theatre Scene II: Stages, Performers, Audiences in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries", in Stevenson, Randall, & Walker, Greg (eds.) (2025), The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre, Oxford University Press, p. 47,
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