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About Gavin Douglas
Gavin Douglas was a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, he is chiefly remembered for his poetry. His main pioneering achievement was the Eneados, a full and faithful vernacular translation of the Aeneid of Virgil into Scots, and the first successful example of its kind in any Anglic language. Other extant poetry of his includes Palice of Honour, and possibly King Hart.
Everything about Gavin Douglas →- Occupation
- linguist, poet, translator, Catholic priest
- Position held
- abbot, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunkeld
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Born
- 1474
- Died
- 1522, September 1522