James Wills

James Wills

James Wills, (January 1 1790 – November 1868), poet and miscellaneous writer, younger son of a Roscommon squire, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and studied law in the Middle Temple. Deprived, however, of the fortune destined for him and the means of pursuing a legal career by the extravagance of his elder brother, he entered the Church, and also wrote largely in "Blackwood's Magazine" and otherperiodicals.

In 1831 he published "The Disembodied and other Poems"; "The Philosophy of Unbelief" (1835) attracted much attention. His largest work was Lives of "Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen", and his latest publication "The Idolatress" (1868). In all his writings gave evidence of a powerful personality. His poems are spirited, and in some cases show considerable dramatic qualities.

The famous dramatist and painter William Gorman Wills‎ was his son.


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