James Wills, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

James Wills

Irish poet

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1790

Place of Birth: County Roscommon, Connacht, Ireland

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1868

Profession: writer, poet, author

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About James Wills

  • James Wills (1 January 1790 – November 1868) was an Irish writer and poet. Wills was born in County Roscommon, the younger son of a landowner.
  • He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and studied law in the Middle Temple, London.
  • Deprived, however, of the fortune destined for him and the means of pursuing a legal career by the extravagance of his elder brother, he entered the Church.
  • From 1822 to 1838 he lived in Dublin and wrote in the Dublin University Magazine, Blackwood's Magazine and other periodicals.
  • He supported the Reverend Caesar Otway in building up the Irish Quarterly Review. In 1831 he published The Disembodied and other Poems.
  • The Philosophy of Unbelief (1835) attracted much attention.
  • He actually wrote the famous poem "The Universe", even though it was published in 1821 under the name of Charles Maturin.
  • He was editor of the Dublin University Magazine in 1841 and 1842. His largest work was Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen, and his last publication The Idolatress (1868).
  • In all his writings gave evidence of a powerful personality.
  • His poems are spirited, and in some cases show considerable dramatic qualities. He died in Attanagh, County Laois.
  • The famous dramatist and painter William Gorman Wills was his son. Webb, Alfred (1878).
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