James Macpherson
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Key facts
- Born
- 27 October 1736, Ruthven , Inverness-shire , Scotland
- Died
- 17 February 1796 (aged 59), Belville, Inverness-shire, Scotland
- Occupation
- Poet, translator
- Alma mater
- Marischal College, Aberdeen , University of Edinburgh
- Literary movement
- Romanticism
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James Macpherson (Gaelic: Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector, and politician. He is known for the Ossian cycle of epic poems, which he claimed to have discovered and translated from Gaelic.
Early life and education