Robert Wilson Lynd (Irish: Roibéard Ó Floinn, 20 April 1879 – 6 October 1949) was an Irish writer, an urbane literary essayist and strong Irish nationalist.
Read more about Robert Wilson Lynd: Life and Career, Activism, Family, Works, Robert Lynd's Anthology of Modern Poetry (1939)
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