Homage to Scotland's national poet

Aug 26 2010

Leading figures from the fields of art and politics gathered to say farewell to "world-class poet" Edwin Morgan at his funeral in Glasgow.

Morgan, Scotland's national poet, died aged 90 at his care home in the city on August 19. He had suffered from prostate cancer since 1999 but it is understood he died after a bout of pneumonia.

He was recognised as one of the great poets of the 20th century and was appointed 'Scots makar', in effect Scotland's poet laureate, in 2004 by the then First Minister Jack McConnell.