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This blue commemorative plaque records: Professor William Tennant 1784-1848 Poet, author of "Anster Fair", founder of the Musomanik Society of Anstruther and Professor of Oriental Languages in St Mary's College St Andrews was born in this house
William Tennant was a Scottish poet and academic, best known for his poem "Anster Fair" and for founding the Musomanik Society of Anstruther; he also served as Professor of Oriental Languages at St Mary's College in St Andrews.
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