# James Macpherson

> James Macpherson 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.

*British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/james-macpherson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1736-10-27
- **Died:** 1796-02-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 11.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

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- [Τζέιμς Μακφέρσον](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%BC%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%86%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD)
- [James Macpherson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macpherson)
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- [جیمز مکفرسون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [James Macpherson](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Macpherson)
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- [Seumas Mac a' Phearsain](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seumas_Mac_a'_Phearsain)
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- [ジェイムズ・マクファーソン (詩人)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E8%A9%A9%E4%BA%BA))
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Macpherson)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312562)

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