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William Thom (1799-1848) was a Scottish poet who wrote in the Scots language. He was author of The Mitherless Bairn and other works. Thom was a native of Aberdeen where he worked as a hand-loom weaver enduring considerable hardship and poverty.He was born in Sinclair’s Close Justice Port Aberdeen in 1799 or 1800 and died in Dundee on 29 February 1848.His most notable work is Blind Boy’s Pranks.