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Alexander Pope
Birth: 5-10-1688
Death: 5-30-1744
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Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare. He had a residence just out of London that became known as "Pope's Villa."
Letter References
Letter from William Henry Seward to Francis Adeline Seward, June 5, 1859
Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 19, 1840
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, July 28, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
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Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare. He had a residence just out of London that became known as "Pope's Villa."
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Pope-English-author
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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WRITTEN BY: John Everett Butt
LAST UPDATED: May 26, 2019