EVAN MACCOLL
\ˈɛvən mˈak kˈɒl], \ˈɛvən mˈak kˈɒl], \ˈɛ_v_ə_n m_ˈa_k k_ˈɒ_l]\
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A Canadian poet; born in Kenmore, Argyleshire, Scotland, Sept. 21, 1808. Since emigrating to Canada (1850), he has written many poems, and is called the bard of St. Andrew's Society of Kingston. Among his publications are: "My Rowan Tree", best known of his lyrical verses; "Clarsach Nan Beann, or Poems and Songs in Gaelic" (1837); and "The Mountain Minstrel, or Poems and Songs in English" (1887).
By Charles Dudley Warner