a poet of eminence

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• Poet Laureate — A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events. The plural form is poets laureate.In England, the term has for centuries been the title of the… …   Wikipedia

• poet laureate — pl. poets laureate. 1. (in Great Britain) a poet appointed for life as an officer of the royal household, formerly expected to write poems in celebration of court and national events. 2. a poet recognized or acclaimed as the most eminent or… …   Universalium

• Ecclesmachan —    ECCLESMACHAN, a parish, in the county of Linlithgow; containing, with the villages of ThreeMile town and Waterston, 303 inhabitants, of whom 97 are in the village of Ecclesmachan, 1 mile (N.) from Uphall. This place derives its name from the… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• Amir Meenai — Amir Minai, an Urdu poet of eminence was born in 1826 at Lucknow and died in 1900 at Hyderabad. A popular poet both with the people and the aristocracy, he was held in high esteem by his contemporary poets like Ghalib and Daagh Dehalvi.Amir… …   Wikipedia

• Bernardino Telesio — (1509 1588) was an Italian philosopher and natural scientist.Telesio was born of noble parentage in Cosenza, a city in Calabria, Southern Italy. He was educated in Milan by his uncle, Antonio, himself a scholar and a poet of eminence, and… …   Wikipedia

• Ranjit Hoskote — (born 29 March 1969) is a contemporary Indian poet, art critic, cultural theorist and independent curator. Biography Ranjit Hoskote was born in Mumbai and educated at the Bombay Scottish School, Elphinstone College, where he read for a BA in… …   Wikipedia

• Edinburgh —    EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

• South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium

• mont — [ mɔ̃ ] n. m. • Xe; lat. mons, montis ♦ Importante élévation de terrain. ⇒ montagne. 1 ♦ (En emploi libre) Poét. ou vx ⇒ butte, colline, élévation, hauteur, montagne. Du haut des monts. Spécialt Les monts : les Alpes. Au delà des monts. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …   Universalium

• Dumfries —    DUMFRIES, a royal burgh, county town, port, and the seat of a presbytery and synod, in the county of Dumfries; comprising the parishes of St. Michael and New Church, with the villages of Georgetown, Locharbriggs, Lochthorn, and part of Kelton; …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland