Schots dichter (Keir, Dumfries, 7 Dec. 1784 - Londen 30 Oct. 1842), schreef een aantal gedichten en romans benevens verschillende werken over literatuur en schilderkunst.
Bibl.: Sir Marmaduke Maxwell (drama 1822); Traditional tales of the English and Scottish peasantry (2 dln, 1822); The Songs of Scotland (4 dln, 1825); The lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors and architects (6 dln, 1830); History of the British literature of the last 50 years (Paris 1834); Life of Sir David Wilkie, 3 dln (1843); Poems and Songs (1847).
Lit.: D. Hogg, The Life of A. C. (Glasgow 1875).
