biography
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| (1728–90)
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| biography:
| Poet laureate and critic, born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, S England, UK. He studied at Oxford, where he became a fellow of Trinity College (1751) and professor of poetry (1757). His Observations on Spencer's Faerie Queene (1754) established his reputation, but he is best remembered for his History of English Poetry (1774–81). He became poet laureate and professor of ancient history at Oxford in 1785. |
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