Falconer, William, poet, born in Edinburgh; a barber's son; spent most of his life at sea; perished in the wreck of the frigate Aurora, of which he was purser; author of the well-known poem “The Shipwreck” (1732‒1769).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Falconer, Ion Keith * Falconry