William Dunbar
1460
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1520
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country of citizenship: Scotland
languages spoken, written or signed: Scots
educated at: University of St Andrews
occupation: poet, Catholic priest, writer
William Dunbar (1459 or 1460 – by 1530) was a Scottish makar, or court poet, active in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. He was closely associated with the court of King James IV and produced a large body of work in Scots distinguished by its great variation in themes and literary styles. He was probably a native of East Lothian, as assumed from a satirical reference in The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie. His surname is also spelt Dumbar. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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