John M. Caie
John Morrison Caie CB FRSE (1878[1] - 22 December 1949) was a Scottish civil servant and poet.
Caie was born and raised in Fochabers. He was the son of the Rev W.S. Caie, minister of Enzie parish church, in Banffshire. He was educated at Milne's Institute in Fochabers, and graduated from the University of Aberdeen (MA, BL, BSc). A lawyer and agronomist, he became a senior civil servant at the Board of Agriculture for Scotland and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1] He was also a poet, writing on subjects drawn from the rural culture of Northeast Scotland. He is best known nowadays for his humorous poem, The Puddock, one of many that he wrote in his native Doric dialect. The poem has become a favourite piece to teach to children in Scottish Primary schools.
Selected Bibliography
- The Kindly North: verse in Scots and English (Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son, 1934)
- Twixt Hills and Sea: verse in Scots and English (Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son, 1939)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783-2002: Biographical Index (PDF) I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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