Douglas, Gawin, Bishop of Dunkeld — ▪ Scottish bishop and poet Gawin also spelled Gavin born 1475? died September 1522, London Scottish poet and first British translator of the Aeneid. As a bishop and a member of a powerful family, he also played an important part in a… … Universalium
Douglas, Gawin (Gavin) — (?1474 1522) Born (possibly) at the castle of Tantallon in East Lothian, the son of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus known as Archibald Bell the Cat he was educated at St. Andrews University and possibly Paris. He held various church… … British and Irish poets
Douglas, Gavin or Gawin — (ca. 1475–1522) Gavin Douglas was a late medieval Scottish poet. Douglas, Robert HENRYSON and William DUNBAR have often been referred to as the “Scottish Chaucerians” because they evince the profound influence of Geoffrey CHAUCER. Douglas is… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Douglas — I Douglas [ dʌgləs], Hauptstadt (seit 1869) der Insel Man in der Irischen See, an der Ostküste, 22 200 Einwohner; Manx Museum; Seebad, Fährverbindungen nach Belfast und Liverpool. Stadtbild: Das ehemalig … Universal-Lexikon
Gavin Douglas — infobox bishopbiog name = Gavin Douglas See = Diocese of Dunkeld Title = Bishop of Dunkeld Period = 1515/6 ndash; 1522 consecration = 1516 Predecessor = Andrew Stewart Successor = Robert Cockburn post = Provost of St. Giles | bishops = None date… … Wikipedia
ДУГЛАС Гевин — (Douglas, Gawin or Gavin) (ок. 1474 1522), шотландский поэт, церковный деятель. Третий сын А. Дугласа, графа Ангуса. Получил хорошее образованее в Сент Эндрусском университете и, возможно, в Париже. Дуглас начал писать после того, как принял… … Энциклопедия Кольера
Scotland — /skot leuhnd/, n. a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 5,205,000; 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Cap.: Edinburgh. * * * I Northernmost country of the United Kingdom. Area: 30,421 sq mi (78,789 sq km). Population… … Universalium
makar — mak·ar (mäʹkər, māʹ ) n. Chiefly Scots A poet. [Middle English, variant of maker, maker, poet.] * * * ▪ Scottish literature also spelled Maker (Scottish: “maker,” or “poet”), plural Makaris, or Makeris, also called Scottish Chau … Universalium
Allan Ramsay (poet) — Infobox Writer name = Allan Ramsay caption = Portrait by William Aikman (1682 1731) [Ramsay s friend, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, owned Aikman s portrait of Ramsay, in imitation of whose verse he had written on the back of the canvas: Here… … Wikipedia
Globalization — The European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, is the central bank for the Eurozone. Globalization refers to the increasing unification of the world s economic order through reduction of such barriers to international trade as tariffs, export… … Wikipedia
