Ramsay,Allan
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Ramsay, Allan — ▪ Scottish painter born , Oct. 2, 1713, Edinburgh, Scot. died Aug. 10, 1784, Dover, Kent, Eng. Scottish born painter, one of the foremost 18th century British portraitists. The son of the poet and literary antiquary Allan Ramsay, he… … Universalium
Ramsay, Allan — (1686 1758) A Scottish poet who wrote in the Scots tongue, he was born in Lanarkshire, where his father was manager of a lead mine. He spent most of his life as a prosperous wig maker in Edinburgh. He soon established himself as a poet and… … British and Irish poets
Ramsay, Allan — ► (1686 1758) Poeta escocés. Inició el renacimiento de la poesía dialectal escocesa. Autor de Verdad perenne … Enciclopedia Universal
RAMSAY, ALLAN — 1) Scottish poet, born in Crawford, Lanarkshire; bred a wig maker; took to bookselling, and published his own poems, The Gentle Shepherd, a pastoral, among the number, a piece which describes and depicts manners very charmingly (1686 1758).… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Ramsay, Allan — (1686 1758) Poet, s. of a mine manager at Leadhills, Dumfriesshire, who claimed kin with the Ramsays of Dalhousie. In his infancy he lost his f., and his mother m. a small laird, who gave him the ordinary parish school education. In 1701 he… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Allan Ramsay (pintor) — Allan Ramsay Autorretrato, h. 1756, Galería Nacional de Escocia Nombre de nacimiento Allan Ramsay Nacimiento … Wikipedia Español
Allan Ramsay (poete) — Allan Ramsay (poète) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Allan Ramsay. Alan Ramsay Allan Ramsay, dit le Théocrite écossais (1685 … Wikipédia en Français
Allan Ramsay — Nacimiento 15 de octubre d … Wikipedia Español
RAMSAY (A.) — RAMSAY ALLAN (1713 1784) Peintre écossais dont la carrière se déroule pour l’essentiel en Angleterre. Fils du poète Allan Ramsay (1685 1758), il est avec Thomas Hudson, et mis à part Hogarth, le principal représentant de la génération de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Ramsay — Ramsay, Allan Ramsay, sir William … Enciclopedia Universal
