Значение слова BARNARD в Литературной энциклопедии

BARNARD

LADY ANNE (LINDSAY) (1750-1825).-Poet, _e. dau._ of the 5th Earl of Balcarres, married Andrew Barnard, afterwards Colonial Secretary at Cape Town. On the _d._ of her husband in 1807 she settled in London. Her exquisite ballad of _Auld Robin Gray_ was written in 1771, and _pub._ anonymously. She confessed the authorship to Sir Walter Scott in 1823.

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