James Macpherson
October 27, 1736 – February 17, 1796
Place of Birth:
Ruthven, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Place of Death:
Belville, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Categories:
Poetry
James Macpherson (Gaelic: Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the "translator" of the Ossian cycle of epic poems. He was the first Scottish poet to gain an international reputation.