William Edmondstoune "W. E." Aytoun FRSE was a Scottish poet, lawyer by training, and professor of rhetoric and belles lettres at the University of Edinburgh. He published poetry, translation, prose fiction, criticism and satire and was a lifelong contributor to the Edinburgh literary periodical Blackwood's Magazine. He was also a collector of Scottish ballads.
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, judge, translator
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- June 21, 1813, 1813
- Died
- August 4, 1865, 1865
