Drummond, William

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• Drummond, William — ▪ Scottish poet born Dec. 13, 1585, Hawthornden, near Edinburgh, Scot. died Dec. 4, 1649, Hawthornden  first notable poet in Scotland to write deliberately in English. He also was the first to use the canzone, a medieval Italian or Provençal… …   Universalium

• DRUMMOND, WILLIAM —    of Hawthornden, a Scottish poet, named the Petrarch of Scotland, born in Hawthornden; studied civil law at Bourges, but poetry had more attractions for him than law, and on the death of his father he returned to his paternal estate, and… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Drummond, William, of Hawthornden — (1585 1649)    He was born at Castle Hawthornden near Edinburgh, the son of a wealthy landowner. From 1500 he was gentleman usher to King James VI. Educated at the Edinburgh High School, he graduated from Edinburgh University in 1605 and then… …   British and Irish poets

• Drummond, William Henry — ▪ Canadian writer born April 13, 1854, Mohill, County Leitrim, Ire. died April 6, 1907, Cobalt, Ont., Can.       Irish born Canadian writer of humorous dialect poems conveying a sympathetic but sentimentalized picture of the habitants, or French… …   Universalium

• Drummond, William — (1585 1649)    Poet, was descended from a very ancient family, and through Annabella D., Queen of Robert III., related to the Royal House. Ed. at Edin. Univ., he studied law on the Continent, but succeeding in 1610 to his paternal estate of… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Drummond, William Hamilton — (1778 1865)    Born in Larne, County Antrim, the son of Naval surgeon, he was educated at Belfast Academy. He studied in his spare time for the ministry, was ordained in 1800, and was given a church in Belfast. He ran a boarding school in Belfast …   British and Irish poets

• Drummond — Drummond, William …   Enciclopedia Universal

• William Eugene Drummond — (March 28, 1876 – September 13, 1946) was a Chicago Prairie School architect. Early Years and EducationHe was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of carpenter and cabinet maker Eugene Drummond and his wife Ida Lozier. [United States Census, 1880] …   Wikipedia

• William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan — (1690 ndash; April 16 1746) was a Jacobite army officer and fourth son of Sir John Drummond of Machany and Margaret, daughter of Sir William Stewart of Innernytie. Life Drummond was born in 1690, a year in which his father was outlawed for… …   Wikipedia

• William Drummond of Hawthornden — (* 13. Dezember 1585 in Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian; † 4. Dezember 1649) war ein schottischer Dichter. Seine Gedichte zeigen keine schottischen Einflüsse, sondern sind von englischen und italienischen Dichtern beeinflusst. Beson …   Deutsch Wikipedia