James Macpherson

James Macpherson
Born	27 October 1736 Ruthven, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Died	17 February 1796 (aged 59) Belville, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Occupation	Poet, translator
Alma mater	Marischal College, Aberdeen University of Edinburgh
Literary movement	Romanticism

James Macpherson (Gaelic: Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector, and politician. He is known for the Ossian cycle of epic poems, which he claimed to have discovered and translated from Gaelic.