William Sharp (writer)

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William Sharp
Sharp in 1894
Born	(1855-09-12)12 September 1855 Paisley, Scotland
Died	12 December 1905(1905-12-12) (aged 50) Bronte, Sicily
Nationality	Scottish
Other names	Fiona Macleod
Occupation	Writer
Spouse	Elizabeth Sharp

William Sharp (12 September 1855 – 12 December 1905) was a Scottish writer, of poetry and literary biography in particular, who from 1893 wrote also as Fiona Macleod, a pseudonym kept almost secret during his lifetime.^[1] He was also an editor of the poetry of Ossian, Walter Scott, Matthew Arnold, Algernon Charles Swinburne and Eugene Lee-Hamilton.