Samuel Ferguson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Ferguson

Irish poet, barrister and antiquarian

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1810

Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1886

Profession: lawyer, poet, author, archivist, archaeologist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sir Samuel Ferguson (10 March 1810 – 9 August 1886) was an Irish poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant.
He was an acclaimed 19th-century Irish poet, and his interest in Irish mythology and early Irish history can be seen as a forerunner of William Butler Yeats and the other poets of the Irish Literary Revival.