William Sharp

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1855 – 1905

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Who was William Sharp?

William Sharp was a Scottish writer, of poetry and literary biography in particular, who from 1893 wrote also as Fiona MacLeod, a pseudonym kept almost secret during his lifetime. He was also an editor of the poetry of Ossian, Walter Scott, Matthew Arnold, Algernon Charles Swinburne and Eugene Lee-Hamilton.

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Born
Sep 12, 1855
Paisley
Also known as
  • Fiona Macleod
Nationality
  • Scotland
Education
  • University of Glasgow
  • Glasgow Academy
Died
Dec 12, 1905
Maniace

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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