Edward FitzGerald

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Edward FitzGerald was a 19th-century English poet and scholar best known for his influential and highly poetic translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

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instanceOf human
poet
scholar
translator
activePeriod 19th century
birthDate 1809-03-31
birthPlace Bredfield
England
Suffolk
burialPlace Boulge churchyard
causeOfDeath heart disease
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBurial 1883-06-18
deathDate 1883-06-14
describedAs perfectionist in matters of style
reclusive
educatedAt King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds
Trinity College, Cambridge
familyName FitzGerald
friend Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Thomas Carlyle
William Makepeace Thackeray
genre poetry
translation
givenName Edward
hasInfluenced English poetry
Victorian literature
knownFor English verse translation of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
languageOfWorkOrName English
maritalStatus married
movement Victorian literature
name Edward FitzGerald
nationality English
notableWork Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
occupation poet
scholar
translator
religion Church of England
residence Suffolk
Woodbridge
sexOrGender male
spouse Lucy Barton
translated Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
translatedFrom Persian
workedOn Euphranor
Polonius

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam popularizedBy Edward FitzGerald
Edward FitzGerald name Edward FitzGerald
"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ" translator Edward FitzGerald