Edward FitzGerald (poet)

Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883) was an English poet and translator best known for his translation of the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," a collection of Persian quatrains attributed to the 11th-century Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam. FitzGerald's version, published in 1859, brought Khayyam's work to a Western audience and is celebrated for its lyrical quality and philosophical depth.