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Born June 20, 1674 • England
Died December 6, 1718 (aged 44) • London • England
Title / Office poet laureate (1715-1718)
Notable Works “Pharsalia” • “The Fair Penitent” • “The Works of Mr. William Shakespear; Revis’d and Corrected”

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