William Edmondstoune Aytoun
William Edmondstoune "W. E." Aytoun FRSE was a Scottish poet, lawyer by training, and professor of rhetoric and belles lettres at the University of Edinburgh. He published poetry, translation, prose fiction, criticism and satire and was a lifelong contributor to the Edinburgh literary periodical Blackwood's Magazine. He was also a collector of Scottish ballads.
Engraving by J.C. Armytage from the bust of Aytoun by Scottish sculptor Patric Park
21 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, birthplace of William Edmondstoune Aytoun
William Edmondstoune Aytoun's grave, Dean Cemetery
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Sydney Thompson Dobell was an English poet and critic, and a member of the so-called Spasmodic school.
image of Sydney Thompson Dobell, was a poet