James Macpherson (Gaelic: Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector...
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James Macpherson (1736–1796) was a Scottish poet. James Macpherson may also refer to: James MacPherson (actor) (born 1960), Scottish actor who starred...
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Jamie Macpherson (c. 1675–1700) also known as James Macpherson was a Scottish outlaw, famed for his poetic work commonly called "Macpherson's Lament"...
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Hector Macpherson, Jr. (1918–2015), American farmer and politician James Ian Macpherson, British lawyer and politician John Alexander MacPherson, Australian...
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James MacPherson (born 18 March 1960) is a Scottish actor, best known for his role as Detective Chief Inspector Michael Jardine in the STV drama, Taggart...
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Scottish poet James Macpherson, originally as Fingal (1761) and Temora (1763), and later combined under the title The Poems of Ossian. Macpherson claimed to...
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eponymous hero of an epic poem by 18th-century Scots poet-historian James Macpherson. Fingal's Cave is formed entirely from hexagonally jointed basalt columns...
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Scottish poet James Macpherson. Other names popularised by Macpherson became popular in Scandinavia on account of Napoleon, an admirer of Macpherson's Ossianic...
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James Macpherson Grant (1822 – 1 April 1885) was an Australian solicitor who defended the Eureka Stockade rebels and a politician who was a member of the...
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(James) Ian Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron PC PC (Ire) KC JP (14 May 1880 – 14 August 1937), known as Sir Ian Macpherson, 1st Baronet, between...
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Eleanor Nancy Macpherson (/məkˈfɜːrsən/ mək-FUR-sən; née Gow; born (1964-03-29)29 March 1964) is an Australian model, businesswoman, television host, and...
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The U.S Report with James Morrow (Fridays) The Rita Panahi Show with Rita Panahi (Fridays) The Late Debate with James Macpherson, Liz Storer and Caleb...
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Clan Macpherson (/məkˈfɜːrsən/ mək-FUR-sən, locally [makˈfɛrsən] ) is a Scottish clan from the Highlands and a member of the Chattan Confederation. The...
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ISBN 978-0-7112-3048-4. MacPherson J.; James Macpherson; Ossian (1996). Gaskill, Howard (ed.). The Poems of Ossian and Related Works. Translated by James Macpherson. Contributors :...
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provided for the imperial defence and the upkeep of imperial officers. James Macpherson, a colonial secretary of British West Florida, defended the North administration...
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in praise of her new home there also survives. James Macpherson (1736–96), the nephew of Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, was the first Scottish poet to gain...
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imagination were the chief qualities of a poet. The Scottish poet James Macpherson influenced the early development of Romanticism with the international...
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James Macpherson (died 1932) was a British trade unionist. Born in Bernain, near Dunkeld in Scotland, Macpherson completed an apprenticeship as a drapers'...
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Ewen MacPherson of Cluny, known as "Cluny Macpherson" (11 February 1706 – 30 January 1764), was the Chief of Clan MacPherson during the Jacobite Rising...
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(Pronunciation) Meaning "Smooth brow". Believed to have been created by James Macpherson in the 18th century. Malmhìn Malvina (Anglicization) Alternate spelling...
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imagination were the chief qualities of a poet. The Scottish poet James Macpherson influenced the early development of Romanticism with the international...
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wrote, arranged, and performed numerous musical parodies (of Bob Dylan, James Taylor, and others). He was featured alongside Chevy Chase and John Belushi...
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Oisín (section Macpherson's Ossian)
purported author of a series of poems published by James Macpherson in the 1760s, is based on Oisín. Macpherson claimed to have translated his poems from ancient...
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Selma in Germany and Scandinavia stems from the Ossianic poetry of James Macpherson (died 1796), where it appears as a place name. Its specific popularity...
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Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny, 6th of Blairgowrie (1 April 1926 – 14 February 2021) was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales, and the...
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Ossian, the narrator of a cycle of epic poems by the Scottish poet James Macpherson. The population was 3,289 at the 2010 census. The Ossian post office...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor Macpherson VC KCB KCSI (22 January 1827 – 20 October 1886) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest...
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Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild (born 12 July 1971), is a British-born financier who settled in Switzerland and is a member...
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Immortality (1742–45). Other precursors are James Thomson (1700–1748) and James Macpherson (1736–1796). James Macpherson was the first Scottish poet to gain an...
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Ossian was one of several names popularised by the romantic works of James Macpherson (died 1796), composer of so-called Ossianic poetry. In consequence...
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