John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1865) was an English

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of the Spasmodic School. His major works are ''The Sea-King; A metrical romance, in six cantos'' (1848), ''Night and the soul. A dramatic poem'' (1854), ''Shifting Scenes and Other Poems'' (1862). In 1858 Stanyan Bigg submitted an entry to the 'Burns Centenary Poetry Competition', organised by the directors of the Crystal Palace Company in

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to mark the

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of the birth of

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His poem - placed 7th out of over 600 entries - together with details of the Competition can be found a

1828 births 1865 deaths English male poets 19th-century English poets 19th-century English male writers {{England-poet-stub