English Literature, 1500 to 1799: Biographies

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Whitehead, William

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Whitehead, William (1715–85), was best known in his day for his successful neo-classical tragedy The Roman Father (1750), a version of Corneille's Horace. In 1757 he was appointed poet laureate, an elevation which caused much satiric comment, notably from Charles Churchill. His Plays and Poems were collected in 1774, and a complete edition of his poems appeared in 1788.

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William Whitehead

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William Whitehead 1715–85, English poet and playwright. He wrote several plays based on ancient Greek models, including Creusa, Queen of Athens (1754). Whitehead was appointed poet laureate in 1757. Although his light verse had been admired, the more grandiose works that he was required to write as laureate were ridiculed.

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