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William Sharp

Scottish writer (1855-1905) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 50

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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Writers
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Deceased
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Lived 1855 to 1905 · aged 50