Barclay, Alexander
Barclay, Alexander
(bär`klē, –klā), 1475?–1552, Scottish clergyman and poet. Although the first to write pastoral eclogues in English, he is best known for The Ship of Fools (1509), a translation and elongation of Sebastian BrantBrant, Brandt, or Brand, Sebastian, 1457–1521, German humanist and moralist. He taught law at the Univ. of Basel and in 1503 became town clerk of Strasbourg.
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