death_date nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
1815 british 1732 theory of genius william duff -lrb- writer -rrb-
 william duff scottish presbyterian minister
william duff -lrb- writer -rrb-

william duff -lrb- 1732 - 1815 -rrb- was a scottish presbyterian minister and one of the first writers to analyse the nature of genius as a property of human psychology .
his `` essay on original genius '' is frequently cited as a landmark in the western analysis of genius and creativity .
