Gavin Douglas

Gavin Douglas
Gavin Douglas
	Bishop o Dunkeld
See	Diocese o Dunkeld
In affice	1515/6 – 1522
Predecessor	Andrew Stewart
Successor	Robert Cockburn
Orders
Consecration	1516
Personal details
Born	1474; Tantallon Castle, East Lowden
Deed	September 1522; Lunnon
Previous post	Provost o St. Giles'

Gavin Douglas (c. 1474 – September 1522) wis a Scots bishop, makar an translator. He wis edducatit at Varsity o St. Aundraes.^[1] Awtho he haed an important poleetical career, he is heidmaistly mindit fur his poetry. His main pioneerin achievement wis the Eneados, a fou an aefauld vernacular translation o the Aeneid o Virgil intae Scots, an the first sonsie ensaumple o its kind in ony Anglic leid. Ither extant poetry o his includes Palice of Honour, an possibly King Hart.^[2]

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References

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"Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Douglas, Gawin - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 29 Mey 2025.
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"Chisholm, Hugh, (22 Feb. 1866–29 Sept. 1924), Editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica (10th, 11th and 12th editions)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, retrieved 29 Mey 2025

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"Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Douglas, Gawin - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 29 Mey 2025.

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"Chisholm, Hugh, (22 Feb. 1866–29 Sept. 1924), Editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica (10th, 11th and 12th editions)", Who Was Who, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, retrieved 29 Mey 2025

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