William Whitehead
Sign in to saveBritish Poet Laureate and playwright (1715–1785)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Charge to the Poets
- Millionaire Living in Poverty
- Atys and Adrastus a Tale in the Manner of Dryden's Fables
- The danger of writing verse
- Dieppe 1942
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- Listeners
- 165
- Total plays
- 1,655
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Whitehead
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cambridge
- Place of death
- Berkeley Square
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
- Educated at
- Winchester College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- William Whitehead by Benjamin Wilson.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1715-02-12
- date of death
- 1785-04-14
- place of burial
- Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair
- Commons category
- William Whitehead
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- William Whitehead
- P12749
- Goody Goody
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