Gavin Douglas
Religious Leader
1474 – 1522
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Who was Gavin Douglas?
Gavin Douglas was a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, it is for his poetry that he is now chiefly remembered. His principal pioneering achievement was the Eneados, a full and faithful vernacular translation of the Aeneid of Virgil and the first successful example of its kind in any Anglic language. Other extant poetry includes his Palice of Honour and possibly King Hart.
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- Born
- 1474
Tantallon Castle - Also known as
- Дуглас, Гэвин
- Parents
- Education
- University of St Andrews
- St Salvator's College, St Andrews
- Died
- Sep 1, 1522
London
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on July 23, 2013
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