Fenton, Elijah
Elijah Fenton, 1683–1730, English poet. A graduate of Cambridge, he was a schoolmaster for a time and later was a tutor in several noble families. He is chiefly remembered for his share in Pope's translation of the Odyssey (1725). Besides writing a volume of Poems (1708) and a tragedy, Marianne (1723), he edited the works of Milton (1725) and Waller (1729).
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
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North Conway, New Hampshire
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DIED: 1700, London, England
NATIONALITY: English
GENRE: Poetry, drama, nonfiction
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Born: February 27, 1807
Portland, Maine
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