Edward FitzGerald (poet)
Edward FitzGerald or Fitzgerald was an English poet and writer. His most famous poem is the first and best-known English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which has kept its reputation and popularity since the 1860s.
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- Woodbridge
- Educated at
- Trinity College
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1809
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Birth1883
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