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James Macpherson

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

  • Fame54.5
  • Momentum2.1
  • Wikipedia3.9K
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Lived 1736–1796, aged 60United Kingdom
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    1736–1796
    Aged 60
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Updated 2026-06-20

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.

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54.5
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Momentum2.1
Historical22.7
Now attention11.6
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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