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Samuel Ferguson

Irish poet, barrister and antiquarian (1810-1886) · Writers · Died at 76

Sir Samuel Ferguson was an Irish poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant. He was an acclaimed 19th-century Irish poet, and his interest in Irish mythology and early Irish history can be seen as a forerunner of William Butler Yeats and the other poets of the Irish Literary Revival.

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Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1810 to 1886 · aged 76