Edward FitzGerald Writer

Edward FitzGerald (31 March 1809 – 14 June 1883) was an English poet and writer, best known as the poet of the first and most famous English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The writing of his name as both FitzGerald and Fitzgerald is seen. The use here of FitzGerald conforms with that of his own publications, anthologies such as Quiller-Couch's Oxford Book of English Verse, and most reference books up until about the 1960s.

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Edward FitzGerald
Alias (AKA)Purcell Edward (birthname)
Birth dateMarch 31, 1809
Birth place
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Woodbridge Suffolk , Bredfield House , Bredfield
Date of deathJune 14, 1883
Place of death
Merton Norfolk , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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