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Alexander Pope

Also known as Pope the Poet, Alexander I Pope, Alexander, I Pope

English poet (1688–1744)

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Alexander Pope (1688–1744) was a male poet, literary historian, translator, and writer from London. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Great Britain. A Catholic, he spoke English, Latin, and Greek. His notable works include The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and An Essay on Criticism. He also authored An essay on man and The Dunciad.

Pope suffered from tuberculosis and dwarfism. He died of prostate cancer in Twickenham on 30 May 1744. His remains were buried in London. His archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 21 May 1688
Died: 30 May 1744
Works: 1254

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The works of Alexander Pope Esq. in nine volumes complete
The works of Alexander Pope
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Stowe, the gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Lord Viscount Cobham
The works of Alexander Pope, esq

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1688
Active to: 1744

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 197
Total plays: 873

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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope is famous for his use of the heroic couplet. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alexander+Pope">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

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Quotes

“Happy the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground.”
“Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.”
“'Tis fixed, the irrevocable doom of Jove;No force can bend me, no persuasion move.”
“They dream in Courtship, but in Wedlock wake.”
“The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul.”
“Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.”

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Works in European collections

35 objects attributed to Alexander Pope, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including An Essay on Criticism (1711), The Rape of the Lock (1712–1717), The Dunciad (1728–1743), and for his translations of Homer.

Pope is often quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses having entered common parlance (e.g. "damning with faint praise" or "to err is human; to forgive, divine").

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Alexander Pope