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| Born | 27 October 1736 Ruthven, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
| Died | 17 February 1796 (aged 59) Belville, Inverness-shire, Scotland |
| Occupation | Poet, translator |
| Alma mater | Marischal College, Aberdeen University of Edinburgh |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
James Macpherson (Gaelic: Seumas MacMhuirich or Seumas Mac a' Phearsain; 27 October 1736 – 17 February 1796) was a Scottish writer, poet, literary collector, and politician. He is known for the Ossian cycle of epic poems, which he claimed to have discovered and translated from Gaelic.