biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1731–64)
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| biography:
| Satirical poet, born in London, UK. He studied at Cambridge, but ruined his academic career with a clandestine marriage at the age of 17. With his father's help he was ordained priest in 1756, but gave up the Church in 1763. He achieved fame with his Rosciad (1761), a fierce attack on contemporary actors. Other works include The Apology (1761), The Prophecy of Famine (1763), and The Candidate (1764). |
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