Gibb, E. J. W. (M)

b. 3 June 1857. d. 5 December 1901. Nationality: Scottish.
Translator and scholar. Born in Glasgow, Scotland. Educated at Glasgow University. Studied Arabic, Persian, and Turkish languages and literature. Travelled to France and Italy (1889). Married Ida W. E. Rodriguez in 1889. Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. Translator of Ottoman poetry including *Ottoman Poems translated into English Verse in the Original Forms* (1882) and *Verses and Translations* (1902). Biographical information: Sidney Lee, ed., *Dictionary of National Biography* (2nd supplement), “Gibb, Elias John Wilkinson,” Smith, Elder & Co., 1912, pp. 100-101. (SCM, CC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 11
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Elegy on a Lady 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14783
Sharqi 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14792
Gazel (“Tulip-cheeked ones over rosy field and plain stray all around”) 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14782
Gazel (“He who poverty electeth, hall and fane desireth not”) 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14779
Farewell Ode 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14787
Gazel (“From Istambōl’s throne a mighty host to Irān guided I”) 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14791
Fragment 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14780
Gazel (“Lo! ne’er a trace or sign of springtide’s beauty doth remain”) 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14781
Museddes 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14784
Gazel. In Reply to the Preceding 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14790
Gazel. To Sultan Murād IV 1883-01 Macmillan’s Magazine Translator 14788