Robert Jamieson (antiquary)
- Robert Jamieson (antiquary)
Robert Jamieson (c. 1780 - 24 September 1844) was a Scottish antiquary.
He was born in Morayshire. In 1806 he published a collection of 149 traditional ballads and songs, along with two pleasing lyrics of his own, entitled "Popular Ballads And Songs From Tradition, Manuscripts And Scarce Editions With Translations Of Similar Pieces From The Ancient Danish Language" (recently republished by Kessinger, ISBN 0-7661-8937-6).
Walter Scott, through whose assistance he received a government post at Edinburgh, held Jamieson in high esteem and pointed out his skill in discovering the connection between Scandinavian and Scottish legends. Jamieson's work preserved much oral tradition which might otherwise have been lost. He was associated with Henry Weber and Scott in "Illustrations of Northern Antiquities" (1814), and edited "Burt's Letters from Scotland" with Scott in 1818.
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