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Thomas Atkinson (1801?–1833) was a Scottish poet and miscellaneous writer.Atkinson was a native of Glasgow where he carried on business as a bookseller. He published under his own editorship the ‘Sextuple Alliance’ and the ‘Chameleon’ and also a weekly periodical the ‘Ant.’ After the passing of the Reform Bill he became a candidate in the liberal interest for the representation of the Stirling burghs in parliament but was unsuccessful.