William McGonagall
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William McGonagall was a 19th-century Scottish weaver-turned-poet, widely regarded as one of the worst published poets in the English language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William McGonagall canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Scottish poet
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person ⓘ poet ⓘ weaver ⓘ |
| birthName | William Topaz McGonagall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Edinburgh
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Greyfriars Kirkyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1825-03-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1902-09-29 ⓘ |
| employer | Dundee textile mills ⓘ |
| familyName | McGonagall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
awkward meter
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lack of conventional poetic skill ⓘ rigid adherence to rhyme ⓘ unintended humor ⓘ |
| hasOccupationBackground | handloom weaver ⓘ |
| hasWorkSubject |
Dundee
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Scottish events ⓘ Tay Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Robert Burns
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Walter Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being widely regarded as one of the worst published poets in the English language
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doggerel verse ⓘ unintentionally comic poetry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Topaz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | William McGonagall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Poetic Gems
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Poetic Gems, Second Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Poetic Gems, Third Series NERFINISHED ⓘ The Famous Tay Whale NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tay Bridge Disaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
poet
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weaver ⓘ |
| performedAs | public reader of his own poems ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Edinburgh
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Dundee
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Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ Perth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographies about bad poetry ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Canada
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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