William Sharp (writer)
William Sharp was a Scottish writer, of poetry and literary biography in particular, who from 1893 wrote also as Fiona Macleod, a pseudonym kept almost secret during his lifetime. He was also an editor of the poetry of Ossian, Walter Scott, Matthew Arnold, Algernon Charles Swinburne and Eugene Lee-Hamilton.
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- Born in
- Yankton
- Educated at
- United States Army Command and General Staff College
- Awards
- 🏆 Distinguished Service Medal
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1885
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