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William Roscoe 1753-1831, English historian and author. He was called to the bar in 1774, and later, as a member of Parliament, fought against the slave trade (1806). The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici (1795), his principal historical work, received praise, but his Life of Leo X (4 vol., 1805) was severely criticized. In 1806 he contributed a children's classic, The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast, to the Gentleman's Magazine.

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Roscoe, William. See Gibson, John.

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Roscoe, William (1753–1831), published a considerable number of works of poetry, biography, jurisprudence, botany, and arguments against the slave-trade. His principal work was his Life of Lorenzo de' Medici (1795). He published the Life of Leo the Tenth (1805), and his The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1806) became a children's classic. His edition of Pope appeared in 1824. He did much to stimulate an interest in Italy and Italian literature in England.

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