ALEXANDER BARCLAY BIOGRAPHY
ALEXANDER BARCLAY BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
BARCLAY, ALEXANDER (1475?-1552). —Poet, probably of Scottish birth, was a priest in England. He is remembered for his satirical poem, The Ship of Fools (1509), partly a translation, which is of interest as throwing light on the manners and customs of the times to which it refers. He also translated Sallust's Bellum Jugurthinum , and the Mirrour of Good Manners , from the Italian of Mancini, and wrote five Eclogues . His style is stiff and his verse uninspired.