George Gilfillan
George Gilfillan was a Scottish author and poet. One of the spasmodic poets, Gilfillan was also an editor and commentator, with memoirs, critical dissertations in many editions of earlier British poetry.
Background
- Born in
- Comrie
- Educated at
- University of Glasgow
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"The language of imagination is the native language of man. It is the language of his excited intellect, of his aroused passions, of his devotion, of all the higher moods and temperaments of his mind."
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1813
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Birth1878
Died
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