About John Stanyan Bigg
Lived 1828 – 1865 (aged 36–37). John Stanyan Bigg was a poet.
John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1865) was an English poet of the Spasmodic School.
His major works are The Sea-King; A metrical romance, in six cantos (1848), Night and the soul. A dramatic poem (1854), Shifting Scenes and Other Poems (1862).
In 1858 Stanyan Bigg submitted an entry to the 'Burns Centenary Poetry Competition', organised by the directors of the Crystal Palace Company in London to mark the centenary of the birth of Robert Burns.
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Who was John Stanyan Bigg?
British writer
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John Stanyan Bigg was born in 1828.
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John Stanyan Bigg died in 1865.
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John Stanyan Bigg was a poet.
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