James Macpherson

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James Macpherson was an 18th-century Scottish writer best known for his controversial Ossian poems, which he claimed were translations of ancient Gaelic epics.

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James Macpherson canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historian
human
poet
translator
writer
activeYearsEnd 1796
activeYearsStart 1760
birthDate 1736-10-27
birthPlace Inverness-shire
Ruthven
Scotland
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
controversy authenticity of Ossian poems
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfPublication 1760
deathDate 1796-02-17
describedAs 18th-century Scottish writer
collector of Gaelic poetry
educatedAt University of Aberdeen
surface form: King's College, Aberdeen

Marischal College
employer UK government
surface form: British government

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
surface form: Lord North
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName MacPherson
surface form: Macpherson
genre epic poetry
romantic literature
givenName James
hasPart The Works of Ossian
influenced Romanticism
surface form: European Romantic movement

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Napoleon Bonaparte
Thomas Jefferson
knownFor Ossian
surface form: Ossian poems

claiming to translate ancient Gaelic epics
literary controversy over authenticity of Ossian
languageOfWorkOrName English
Scottish Gaelic
movement Romanticism
name James Macpherson self-link
notableWork Fingal
Ossian
Temora
occupation poet
politician
translator
writer
positionHeld MP for Camelford
MP for Saltash
Member of Parliament of Great Britain
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism

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Selma (poem by James Macpherson) author James Macpherson
Ossian associatedWith James Macpherson
Ossian popularizedBy James Macpherson
James Macpherson name James Macpherson self-link