WILLIAM FORSYTH
\wˈɪli͡əm fɔːsˈɪθ], \wˈɪliəm fɔːsˈɪθ], \w_ˈɪ_l_iə_m f_ɔː_s_ˈɪ_θ]\
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A Scotch poet and journalist; born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Oct. 24, 1818; died at Aberdeen, June 21, 1879. Soldiering songs and descriptive poems show him favorably as a poet; "Idylls and Lyrics" (1872), a miscellaneous collection, being probably his best work.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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