Fairfax, Edward, translator of Tasso, born at Denton, Yorkshire, where he spent a quiet and studious life; his stately translation of Tasso's “Gerusalemme Liberata” was published in 1600, and holds rank as one of the best poetical translations in the language; he wrote also a “Discourse” on witchcraft (about 1572-1632).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Fairbairn, Sir William * Fairfax, Thomas, Lord