birth_date: 1813-06-21 00:00:00
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name: William Edmondstoune Aytoun
about: William Edmondstoune Aytoun FRSE was a Scottish poet, a lawyer by training, and Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh. He published poetry, translation, prose fiction, criticism and satire and was a lifelong contributor to the Edinburgh literary periodical Blackwoods Magazine. He was also a collector of Scottish ballads.In the early 1850s, Professor Aytoun lent his name as a supporter of the fledgling National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. His distinctive legacy as a teacher has led to him being called the 'first modern professor of English Literature'. William Edmondstoune Aytoun FRSE was a Scottish poet, a lawyer by training, and Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh. He published poetry, translation, prose fiction, criticism and satire and was a lifelong contributor to the Edinburgh literary periodical Blackwoods Magazine. He was also a collector of Scottish ballads.In the early 1850s, Professor Aytoun lent his name as a supporter of the fledgling National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. His distinctive legacy as a teacher has led to him being called the 'first modern professor of English Literature'. ...more
death_date: 1865-08-04 00:00:00