William Falconer was a Scottish poet and writer on naval affairs. He was born in 1732 at Edinburgh and died in 1769. He went to sea in the merchant service, was wrecked, and wrote a poem (The Shipwreck) descriptive of the incidents, published in 1762. He now entered the navy, and was rated as midshipman on board the Royal George. In 1769 he published a Universal MarinoDictionary. The same year he sailed for Bengal as purser of the Aurorafrigate, which disappeared and is believed to have foundered at sea. Research William Falconer
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