C.J. Mickle letters and papers 1820-1832. 18 20- 1832.

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C.J. Mickle letters and papers 1820-1832. 18 20- 1832.

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University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library

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Mickle Family Collection.

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Mickle, Charles Julius.

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Mickle, William Julius, 1735-1788

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William Julius Mickle (1734 or 1735-1788) was born William Meikle in Scotland. He moved to London in pursuit of a literary career in 1762 after the failure of his family's brewery. Mickle published "The Concubine" in 1767, but his most successful work was his 1776 translation of Luís de Camões's Lusiads. He was appointed purser of the HMS Brilliant in 1779 by his patron Commodore George Johnstone, and was made prize agent for Johnstone's entire squadron in the following year. He married Mary T...