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Richard Gall (1776–1801) was a Scottish poet.Gall the son of a notary was born at Linkhouse near Dunbar in December 1776. Having attended the parish school of Haddington he was apprenticed at the age of eleven to his maternal uncle a carpenter and builder. He afterwards became a printer’s apprentice in Edinburgh and there he gave his leisure to study. He then became travelling clerk to a Mr. Ramsay in whose employment he remained till his death 10 May 1801.