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William Fowler


Born
Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre
Poetry

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William Fowler (c.1560 - 1612) was a Scottish poet or makar (royal bard), writer, courtier and translator.

He was the son of Janet Fockart and William Fowler, a well-connected Edinburgh merchant burgess who sold fine fabrics. He graduated from St. Leonard's College, St Andrews in 1578. By 1581 he was in Paris studying civil law.

Following his return to Scotland, he was recruited by Francis Walsingham to spy on the court of Mary, Queen of Scots. Coded letters mentioning Mary's distrust of Fowler were discovered in the Bibliothèque nationale de France and deciphered in 2023.

Later, Fowler was part of a literary circle around James VI, King of Scots, which has become known as the "Castalian Band". In 1589, he was appointed to the diplomatic missi ...more

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