Alexander Barclay

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Images

Alexander Barclay (kneeling), woodcut from the frontispiece of The Mirror of Good Manners, 1523.

Read Next

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

9 Obscure Literary Terms

A ginger cat sleeps in his soft cozy bed on a floor carpet, soft focus

Lay, Lie, Lied, Lain: When Do We Use Which?

Discover

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Currency. Money. Cash. Dollars. Bills. Pile of ten, twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar bills.

6 Questions About the History of Money and Banking Answered

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

Alexander Barclay: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born	c.1476
Died	June 10, 1552 • England
Notable Works	“The Ship of Fools”

Photos

See All Images →

Aaron Hill

English author

James Montgomery

Scottish author

John Banim

Irish author

Simon Armitage

British poet, playwright, and novelist

Christopher Logue

British poet

Nahum Tate

English writer

Nicholas Brady

British clergyman

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

Robert Burns

Scottish poet

Sir Walter Scott

Scottish writer

Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Tobias Smollett

Scottish novelist

William Dunbar

Scottish poet

Allan Ramsay

Scottish poet

Douglas Dunn

British writer and critic

Gawin Douglas

Scottish bishop and poet

Lyndsay, drawing after a woodcut on the title page of Lyndsay's Workes, 1634

Sir David Lyndsay

Scottish poet

Beattie, detail of an engraving by William Ridley after a portrait by an unknown artist

James Beattie

Scottish poet

Hugh MacDiarmid

Scottish poet

William Drummond

Scottish poet

Robert Henryson

Scottish author

Quiz

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

Books. Lord Alfred Tennyson. Lord Byron. Poetry. Reading. Literacy. Library. Antique. A stack of four antique leather bound books.

Poets and Poetry of Great Britain Quiz

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

Alexander Barclay: Facts & Related Content

Facts

Photos

Related Biographies

Related Quizzes and Features