George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
George William Russell (10 April 1867 – 17 July 1935) who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a central figure in the group of devotees of theosophy which met in Dublin for many years.