Gavin Douglas (c. 1474 – September 1522) was a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, he is chiefly remembered...
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league player Gavin Douglas (c. 1474–1522), Scottish bishop, makar and translator Gavin Downie (1924–1998), New Zealand politician Gavin Duffy (disambiguation)...
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phase, comprising the works of Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas. At this point, England has recognised Scotland as an independent state...
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using Erse to refer to Gaelic and, in the early sixteenth century, Gavin Douglas was using Scottis as a name for the Lowland vernacular. The Gaelic of...
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in The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. Hill then portrayed Captain Edward J. Smith in Titanic (1997), by James...
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Duke of Hamilton (redirect from Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale)
as well as being head of both the House of Hamilton and the House of Douglas. The title, the town of Hamilton in Lanarkshire, and many places around...
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on drums. By May 1979, the band's line up had changed to include Gavin "Fritz" Douglas, on guitar. "Gabrielle" was released in November 1979, first on...
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Gavin Douglas Ruthven Bridson (12 February 1936 - 10 January 2008) was a British bibliographer and librarian. Born Manchester 12 February 1936, together...
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Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born 30 October 1965) is a British musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush. He helped...
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Latin Aeneid, completed by the poet and clergyman Gavin Douglas in 1513. The title of Gavin Douglas' translation "Eneados" is given in the heading of...
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Brigton (died 1814) Sir William Douglas of Balgillo (died 1818) Gavin Douglas (died 1522), Bishop of Dunkeld Sir Archibald Douglas of Kilspindie, "Greysteil";...
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whom even his uncle, the cleric and poet Gavin Douglas, called a "young witless fool". Margaret and Douglas were secretly married in the parish church...
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performance. Before A Time to Love and a Time to Die had been released, Gavin was cast by Douglas Sirk supporting Lana Turner in Imitation of Life (1959). Unlike...
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century Scotland, in particular Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and Gavin Douglas, who wrote a diverse genre of works in Middle Scots in the period of...
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from 1420 to 1520—King James I, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas—seem to have understood his meter (though final e had long been silent...
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Gavin Miles McInnes (/məˈkɪnɪs/; born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian writer, podcaster, far-right commentator and founder of the Proud Boys. He is the host...
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Sappho and other classical authors, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin Douglas, and was the author of the well-known song, The Brown Jug, and of two...
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Mare, based on Stan Rogers' song of the same name, adapted by John Gavin Douglas for the CBC Radio series Nightfall, and The Sisters by Silver Donald...
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(As Gavin) Aashique Mastane (1995) as Gavin Jallaad (1995) Hum Hain Bemisaal (1994) Mohra (1994) as Mr Douglas Naaraaz (1994) Cheetah (1994) as Peter...
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Air Vice-Marshal Gavin Douglas Anthony Parker, CB, OBE is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer and was the Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence...
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Writers such as William Dunbar, Robert Henryson, Walter Kennedy and Gavin Douglas have been seen as creating a golden age in Scottish poetry. In the late...
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Erland Cooper, Orcadian and Scottish folk guitarist and singer Gawain or Gavin Douglas (c. 1474–1522), Scottish bishop, makar (poet or bard) and translator...
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poets of this Scottish group were Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas. Henryson and Dunbar introduced a note of almost savage satire, which...
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Mark Rowley as Alexander Stewart Andrew Rothney as Angus Douglas Brian Ferguson as Gavin Douglas Jamie Michie as Hume Alice Nokes as Anne Boleyn Bessie...
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rendering of the poem in an Anglic language is the Scots translation by Gavin Douglas—his Eneados, completed in 1513, which also included Maffeo Vegio's supplement...
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writer Ellen Douglas (1921–2012), born Josephine Ayres Haxton, American author Gavin Douglas (1474–1522), Scottish poet and bishop Geoffrey Douglas (born 1944)...
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the church from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of St Andrews. During Gavin Douglas' provostship, St Giles' was central to Scotland's response to national...
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Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 1914 – 7 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work...
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Old Norse jötunn. One of the most famous usages of the term was by Gavin Douglas, who was in turn quoted by Robert Burns at the beginning of Tam O' Shanter:...
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Hazel Douglas (2 November 1923 – 8 September 2016) was an English actress. She portrayed Bathilda Bagshot in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part...
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