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born: 3/31/1809 died: 6/14/1883 born as: Edward FitzGerald
English writer, best known for his The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which, though it is a free adaptation and selection from the 12th-century Persian poet's verses, stands on its own as a classic of English literature. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature