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Maurice Lindsay (b. July 21, 1918) is a Scottish broadcaster, writer and poet. He was born in Glasgow.

After serving in World War II he became a radio broadcaster, also editing the 1946 anthology Modern Scottish Poetry , and writing music criticism. He later was Programme Controller at Border Television.

His Collected Poems (1974) drew on 12 published collections. He has written a number of other books, including one on Robert Burns.

Dr Lindsay was Director of the Scottish Civil Trust and was Honorary Secretary-General of Europa Nostra.

Growing up, Lindsay was influenced by the Scottish renaissance poets, chiefly MacDiarmid, but he had initially considered music as a career. Fate intervened, however. The Second World War interrupted his studies at the Royal Scottish Academy in Glasgow, and then an injury to his wrist while training in the army ended not only his active service - he was transferred to the War Office in London - but his musical aspirations as well.