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MacColl, Evan
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1808-1898
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Evan MacColl (Eoghainn MacColla) was born at Kenmore on Loch Fyne, Argyllshire, Scotland in 1808. Before becoming an officer in the Custom House in Liverpool, 1839, MacColl published poetry in both Gaelic and English. In 1850 he followed his family to Canada and settled in Kingston as a Custom Officer. He was active in Scottish societies, enjoying the title of Bard but his support of Reform politics and opposition to Sir John A. Macdonald apparently kept him from promotion in government service. MacColl retired in 1880 and in 1883 he published Poems and Songs, chiefly written in Canada. In 1890 he went to live in Toronto where he died in 1898.
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CA QUA01374
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- English