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Gavin Douglas

c. 1474–1522 · 16th century

Gavin Douglas was a Scottish poet and bishop of Dunkeld, a son of the Earl of Angus. His Eneados, a translation of Virgil's Aeneid into Scots verse completed in 1513, was the first complete translation of a major classical poem into any form of English. He was also caught up in the faction struggles after Flodden and died in exile in London.

Gavin Douglas
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