Born: De­cem­ber 9, 1776, Green­ock, Scot­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 1, 1862, Green­ock, Scot­land.

Neil’s fa­ther, wheel­wright Neill Dou­gall, was draft­ed in­to the ar­my, and died in Cey­lon when his son was on­ly four years old. At age 15, Neil be­came an ap­pren­tice on the ship Bri­tan­nia. In a 1795 ac­ci­dent, he was blind­ed and lost an arm. In 1798, he at­tend­ed a sing­ing class un­der Ro­bert Dun­can, and in the fall of the next year opened his own class, which he ran un­til 1844. He gave an­nu­al con­certs in Green­ock from 1800 to 1860.

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Music

1. Kilmarnock