Pringle, Thomas (1789–1834)

Scottish poet. He helped found the Edinburgh Monthly Magazine 1817 (later Blackwood's Magazine) and edited it for some months with J Cleghorn. Emigrating to South Africa 1820, he formed the Glen-Lynden settlement and edited the South African Journal. On his return to Britain 1826 he wrote about his experiences in African Sketches 1834, which also contained the poems ‘The Emigrants’ and ‘Afar in the Desert’. His earlier poems, Ephemerides, appeared 1828.

He was born in Blaiklaw, Teviotdale, and educated at Edinburgh University. His Autumnal Excursion 1816 won him Walter Scott's friendship.