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{{Short description|Scottish poet}}
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'''Mathias Fritschler Barr''' (December 6, 1831 in [[Edinburgh]] - December 21, 1911 in [[London]]) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[poet]].

Barr's father, Fidelie Barr, was a native of [[Germany]], who had married the Edinburgh native Margaret Mcdonald, and carried on the business of a [[watchmaker]] in that city. Barr received a liberal education at the High School and [[Academy of Edinburgh]], then paid a brief visit to Germany, and afterwards removed to [[London]], where he held a respectable appointment for a number of years, devoting his leisure hours to the cultivation of his literary tastes. Among his pursuits, Barr owned a music-selling and publishing establishment in London.

In 1865 his first-published volume of poems appeared, and he thereafter issued several short volumes of well-regarded verse. He was compared to Burns and Wordsworth in finding the inspiration of song in the most common objects. The simplest scenes, the homeliest incidents, the most common wild-flowers, were subjects addressed by Barr.

==Sources==
*Alexander G. Murdoch, ''The Scottish Poets Recent and Living: recent and living'' (1883), p.&nbsp;262-63.

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