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	Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Authors: M: McGonagall, William
		Grossly Maligned and Misunderstood - "William McGonagall is one of the 19th century's true life tragic romantic heroes - especially so because he was blissfully unaware of the fact!".
		McGonagall's Military Verse - Selection of poems commemorating the military actions of the British Empire - evidently one of McGonagall's favourite subjects.
		William McGonagall: Quixote of the North - Article and appreciation of the "teetotal twit who thought he was Tennyson", by poet W. Herbert.
	www.dmoz.org /Arts/Literature/Authors/M/McGonagall,_William (649 words)

	William McGonagall Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		McGonagall was born in Edinburgh and spent his childhood until the age of 11 in Orkney.
		It wasn't just that McGonagall was bad, he was so consistently dreadful that many have suggested that he was actually an unsung genius: a man able to manipulate his use of language to make subtle and complex points under a screen of his assumed foolishness.
		McGonagall's genius for self-publicity extended to his walking from Dundee to Balmoral after the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to offer his services to Queen Victoria as poet laureate.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /usbiography/biographies/williammcgonagall.html (765 words)

	Famous Scots - William McGonagall
		McGonagall's parents came from Ireland but they moved to Scotland where McGonagall was born in Edinburgh in 1830, or thereabouts (some sources give 1825).
		McGonagall's father was a hand-loom weaver and the family moved to Paisley, then Glasgow, before settling in Dundee.
		But, as McGonagall himself said, "The most startling incident in my life was the time I discovered myself to be a poet, which was in the year 1877." He became a well-known public figure and toured Scotland giving performances of his poetry and selling copies of his poems.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfammcgonagall.htm (278 words)

	McGonagall Online: McGonagall on the Internet
		A selection of McGonagall manuscripts and documents from ther collection of the Dundee Central Library.
		William McGonagall - Poet and Tragedian of Dundee
		Includes a facsimile of an original McGonagall manuscript.
	www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk /links.htm (190 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - William McGonagall - Poet
		William Topaz McGonagall was born of rather poor Irish parents in Edinburgh, Scotland, in March 1825.
		McGonagall lovers will have instantly recognised the phrase 'most wonderful to be seen', for, like the epic writers of yore, McGonagall used certain phrases and couplets with great regularity.
		McGonagall always yearned to become Poet Laureate, and, upon the death of Alfred Lord Tennyson he actually walked all the way to Balmoral Castle to ask Queen Victoria for the title.
	www.bbc.co.uk /h2g2/guide/A416341 (973 words)

	McGonagall
		According to "The Autobiography of Sir William Topaz McGonagall, Poet and Tragedian, Knight of the White Elephant Burmah," the bard was lucky recipient of the "divine inspiration".
		The naive McGonagall wishes "prosperity" to both Cox and his builders and commends the former's generosity, yet the poet's seemingly careless wording makes the deal sound like patronage by emphasizing the size of the donation--"Thirty thousand pounds and upwards" ("most handsome to be seen")--and the fact that it was "given away".
		While readers in McGonagall's original audience might have seen the poem as a reflection of the poet's utter stupidity, reading it no doubt with a just a hint of sarcasm, it is important for us to recognize how cleverly the sarcasm has been "smuggled" to readers by a more intelligent author.
	www.geocities.com /williamtopazmcgonagall (4018 words)

	Neatorama » Blog Archive » The World’s Worst Poet.
		McGonagall was depressed because he wanted to escape the gritty industrial city of Dundee for a few days in the countryside, but he couldn’t afford a train ticket.
		McGonagall already had a reputation for being eccentric: His impromptu performances of Shakespeare’s plays at the factory where he worked were so bad they were funny, and his co-workers once rented a theater to watch him make a fool of himself along-side professional actors.
		McGonagall passed away in 1902, at the age of 77, and was buried in an unmarked pauper’s grave in Greyfriars Kirkyard.
	www.neatorama.com /2007/06/18/the-worlds-worst-poet (1053 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		William Topaz McGonagall (1825 – 29 September, 1902) was a Scottish weaver, actor, and poet.
		McGonagall had previously written two poems in praise of the new Tay Bridge; An Address to the New Tay Bridge 'Strong enough all windy storms to defy' and The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay "With your numerous arches and pillars in so grand array".
		Dundee held a McGonagall Supper on 12 June, 1997, during which the courses were allegedly served in reverse order, starting with the coffee and ending with the starters.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=William_McGonagall (931 words)

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		Grossly Maligned and Misunderstood - "William McGonagall is one of the 19th century's true life tragic romantic heroes - especially so because he was blissfully unaware of the fact!".
		William McGonagall: Quixote of the North - Article and appreciation of the "teetotal twit who thought he was Tennyson", by poet W. Herbert.
		William McGonagall: Scotland's Other National Bard - "One charge that may never be levelled against the interminable wordsmith is that he didnt put his all into his art." Biographical article from the BBC's local history pages.
	www.k-studio.ru /odp/index.php?c=/Arts/Literature/Authors/M/McGonagall,_William (783 words)

	Dundee City Council, Scotland - Central Library, Local History Centre, William McGonagall, Poet and Tragedian (Site not responding. Last check: )
		McGonagall had a large family, and hand-loom weaving was hardly a stimulating or profitable occupation.
		The latter paid McGonagall's return fare from his disastrous debut in New York, and both were a constant source of support for the impoverished bard.
		He is fittingly commemorated by the William McGonagall Collection in the Local History Centre of Dundee Central Library.
	www.dundeecity.gov.uk /centlib/mcgon.htm (456 words)

	William Topaz McGonagall information - Search.com
		William Topaz McGonagall (1825 – 29 September, 1902) was a Scottish weaver, actor, and poet.
		The chief criticisms of his poetry are that he is deaf to poetic metaphor and unable to scan correctly.
		McGonagall also considered himself an actor, although the theatre where he performed, Mr Giles' Theatre, would only let him perform the title role in Macbeth if he paid for the privilege in advance.
	www.search.com /reference/William_McGonagall (766 words)

	The Great McGonagall (William Topaz McGonagall): Scotland's Worst Poet. Brigadoonery Canada, by Neil Harding McAlister ...
		McGonagall did achieve a degree of local renown around Dundee as a thespian, chewing up the scenery in the role of Macbeth, and appearing in other Shakespearean tragedies.
		Contemporary newspapers described how the “poet” (their quotation marks, not mine!) was greeted with hoots of derision and showers of missiles including eggs, herrings, rotten potatoes and chunks of stale bread when he appeared for a reading at a circus in Paisley, Scotland.
		No doubt it helped McGonagall’s cause that English was not that monarch’s first language.
	www.durham.net /~neilmac/great.htm (1384 words)

	McGonagall Online
		William Topaz McGonagall, poet and tragedian of Dundee, has been widely hailed as the writer of the worst poetry in the English language..
		McGonagall's works remain in print long after many of his more skillful contemporaries have been consigned to history.
		I certify that William McGonagall has for some time been known to me. I have heard him speak, he has a strong proclivity for the elocutionary department, a strong voice, and great enthusiasm.
	www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk (325 words)

	William Mcgonagall (poet and tragedian)
		This is the only known sculptural representation of McGonagall and due to the extremely small edition size, is sure to become a serious collectors piece as it is one of an edition of only 150 pieces.
		Whether he was an ingenious buffoon or a shrewd entertainer (McGonagall extracted fees of between 5 and 10/- (50p) from the crowds who gleefully attended his public humiliations) is open to debate.
		Whatever the case, one cannot fail to admire McGonagall's eternal optimism-this is the man who walked from Dundee to Balmoral to present a volume of his treasured verse to his beloved Queen Victoria only to be told at the gates of the castle to go away.
	www.scottish-sculpture.com /Finished_Sculptures/William_Topaz_McGonagall.htm (268 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Tribute to the best bad bard
		William Topaz McGonagall, the world's best-known bad poet, is to be honoured by his native city of Dundee.
		McGonagall, who gained fame for his mutilation of meter and reckless approach to rhyme, will be remembered in a public art project commissioned by Dundee's City of Discovery Campaign 100 years after his death.
		In 1999, the campaign and the William Topaz McGonagall Appreciation Societies of Dundee and Edinburgh erected a plaque in the capital's Greyfriars Kirkyard to mark his final resting place in 1999.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/scotland/2060054.stm (429 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Authors: M: McGonagall, William
		Grossly Maligned and Misunderstood - "William McGonagall is one of the 19th century's true life tragic romantic heroes - especially so because he was blissfully unaware of the fact!".
		William McGonagall: Quixote of the North - Article and appreciation of the "teetotal twit who thought he was Tennyson", by poet W. Herbert.
		William McGonagall: Scotland's Other National Bard - "One charge that may never be levelled against the interminable wordsmith is that he didnt put his all into his art." Biographical article from the BBC's local history pages.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Literature/Authors/M/McGonagall,_William (670 words)

	All hail McGonagall, in verse there were few worse - theage.com.au
		William Topaz McGonagall was born in Edinburgh, possibly in 1825.
		Dundee was a fairly rough town at the time, and McGonagall was a teetotaller, but crafty publicans realised that recitations by the celebrated tragedian would draw big drinking crowds.
		McGonagall endured everything with an unshakeable optimism, and the verses flowed until he died impoverished in 1902, wearied by what he saw as misunderstanding and a lack of respect.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/06/23/1023864526998.html (658 words)

	McGonagall Online: Poetic Gems
		McGonagall published over 200 poems in his lifetime, mostly on printed broadsheets he sold in the street or after giving one of his "entertainments".
		These poems may be perused here, grouped either by publication or by subject matter.
		The name "Poetic Gems" chosen by McGonagall for his first (and only) book of poems has been adopted and adapted for later collections of his work.
	www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk /poems (144 words)

	bawd:just bad poetry
		I speak, of course, of Julia A. Moore, otherwise known as the Sweet Singer of Michigan, and William McGonagall, otherwise known as the fellow who walked 50 miles to Balmoral to read a poem to Queen Victoria, was turned away unheard, and had to walk all the way back home.
		McGonagall has decided that he is a poet, and a great one, and so he has affected a technique of great poetry, but through his very use of that technique he betrays his lack of understanding of poetry.
		The story describes McGonagall, dressed in kilt, plaid, sporran, and feathered bonnet, hoarsely shouting his verses while his audience responds by pelting him with eggs, herrings, potatoes, stale bread, an event that culminated in McGonagall drawing a sword and slashing wildly at the air, and then taking a quick bow.
	ukuleleking.diaryland.com /030308_41.html (2196 words)

	Dad's Army Memorabillia - LP Records - John Laurie as The Great McGonagall
		McGonagall has been derided for his attempts, especially by the English.
		McGonagall first came to John in the days when he used to recite poetry for the famous Apollo Society.
		In January 1968 John starred as William McGonagall in a play about the man written by the famous Scottish playwright, Cliff Hanley.
	home.btconnect.com /howejam/dadsarmy/discography/33_greatmcgonagal.htm (425 words)

	mcgonagall
		McGonagall had all the qualifications to be a great poet –; except for the talent.
		McGonagall is a genuine archetype: the fool who has a touching but totally unfounded faith in his own genius.
		McGonagall was indisputably Scotland’s first Dadaist: he drew out from all levels of the population their essential mistrust of poetry, and crystallised this philistinism in his totally anarchic performances.
	www.xen19.dial.pipex.com /mcgonagall.htm (1496 words)

	Scottish poet William McGonagall (Site not responding. Last check: )
		McGonagall had passed middle life before he got the idea he had been visited by the muse.
		He was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and grew up in Dundee, to which his father moved in search of work.
		William also laboured long hours in the weaving trade.
	scotlandvacations.com /mcgonagall.htm (318 words)

	AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media
		McGonagall first wrote poetry in 1877, recording in his autobiographical notes, “It was in the year of 1877, and in the month of June, when trees and flowers were in full bloom.
		McGonagall styled himself Sir William Topaz McGonagall after falling victim to a hoax letter from King Theebaw of Burmah and the Andaman Islands who conferred upon him the honorary title of Sir Wm.
		Topaz McGonagall, Knight of The White Elephant, Burmah; King Theebaw was real and gained his crown in 1878 after murdering 80 other claimants to the throne - he was dethroned by the British in 1885 after a short war and was deported to India.
	www.agoravox.com /article.php3?id_article=5385 (912 words)

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		McGonagall's poem about the city, with links to modern photographs of the features he describes.
		"William McGonagall is one of the 19th century's true life tragic romantic heroes especially so because he was blissfully unaware of the fact!".
		William McGonagall - Poet and Tragedian of Dundee
	www.australia.edu /cgi-bin/links/index.cgi?/Arts/Literature/Authors/M/McGonagall,_William (551 words)

	William Topaz McGonagall, the Dundee Bard or the world's best bad poet
		William Topaz McGonagall was born in Edinburgh to poor Irish parents, in March 1825.
		But William did not limit his talent to the halls and pubs of Dundee, he also toured throughout Scotland, England, and the United States, giving public readings dressed in full Scottish Highland costume; he even applied an admission charge for the privilege.
		William also considered himself an actor, although the theatre where he was to perform would only let him deliver the title role in Macbeth if he paid up-front for the privilege.
	www.historic-uk.com /HistoryUK/Scotland-History/WilliamMcGonagall.htm (1968 words)

	Poet: William Topaz McGonagall - All poems of William Topaz McGonagall (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Poet: William Topaz McGonagall - All poems of William Topaz McGonagall
		In his nearly unreadable, rambling biographical notes1, one eventually learns that he sprang from a family of five children and that he worked with his father as a handloom weaver.
		William Topaz McGonagall · Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:...
	www.poemhunter.com /william-topaz-mcgonagall/poet-6601 (371 words)

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