AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE

AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE: poet and critic, a native of Edinburgh, professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in Edinburgh University, author of the "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers"; he was also editor, along with Sir Theodore Martin, of the "Gaultier Ballads," an admirable collection of light verse (1813-1865).

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Aytoun, William Edmondstoune — (1813 1865) Scottish poet, novelist, journalist, lawyer, and sheriff of Orkney, famous for parodies and light verse. Sir Robert Ayton (see above) was one of his ancestors. Educated at Edinburgh University and in Germany, in 1840 he was called… … British and Irish poets
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune — ▪ Scottish poet born June 21, 1813, Edinburgh, Scot. died Aug. 4, 1865, Elgin, Moray poet famous for parodies and light verse that greatly influenced the style of later Scottish humorous satire. Born into a literary family, Aytoun… … Universalium
Dobell, Sydney Thompson — ▪ British poet born April 5, 1824, Cranbrook, Kent, Eng. died Aug. 22, 1874, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire English poet of the so called Spasmodic school. The long dramatic poem The Roman (1850), which Dobell published under the name Sydney… … Universalium
Ritter Toggenburg — ist eine im Juli des Balladenjahres 1797 entstandene Ballade von Friedrich Schiller. Nach Schillers Kalendereintrag schloss er sie am 31. Juli ab. Das in zehn trochäischen Strophen verfasste Gedicht erschien erstmals noch im gleichen Jahr im… … Deutsch Wikipedia

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