caption death_date death_place birth_place notableworks birth_date signature image article_title name occupation
edward fitzgerald 14 june 1883 -lrb- aged 74 -rrb- merton , norfolk , england , united kingdom bredfield england , united kingdom house , bredfield , woodbridge , suffolk , english '' translation of '' the rubaiyat of omar khayyam 31 march 1809 fitzgerald_edward_signature . jpg edward fitzgerald.jpg edward fitzgerald -lrb- poet -rrb-
 edward fitzgerald poet , writer
edward fitzgerald -lrb- poet -rrb-

edward fitzgerald -lrb- 31 march 1809 -- 14 june 1883 -rrb- was an english poet and writer , best known as the poet of the first and most famous english translation of `` the rubaiyat of omar khayyam '' .
the writing of his name as both fitzgerald and fitzgerald is seen .
the use here of fitzgerald conforms with that of his own publications , anthologies such as quiller-couch 's `` oxford book of english verse '' , and most reference books up until about the 1960s .
