Значение слова WILKIE в Литературной энциклопедии

WILKIE

WILLIAM (1721-1772).-Poet, _b._. in Linlithgowshire, _s._ of a farmer, and _ed._ at Edin., he entered the Church, and became minister of Ratho, Midlothian, in 1756, and Prof. of Natural Philosophy at St. Andrews in 1759. In 1757 he _pub._ the _Epigoniad_, dealing with the Epigoni, sons of the seven heroes who fought against Thebes. He also wrote _Moral Fables in Verse_.

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