For other uses, see Alexander Pope (disambiguation).
Alexander Pope
Portrait by Michael Dahl, c. 1727
Born
(1688-05-21)21 May 1688 O.S. London, England
Died
30 May 1744(1744-05-30) (aged 56) Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Resting place
St Mary's Church, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Occupation
Poet, writer, translator
Genre
Poetry, satire, translation
Literary movement
Classicism, Augustan literature
Notable works
The Dunciad, The Rape of the Lock, An Essay on Criticism, his translation of Homer
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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S.[1] – 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,[2] Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, 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").
^"Alexander Pope: The Evolution of a Poet" by Netta Murray Goldsmith (2002), p. 17: "Alexander Pope was born on Monday 21 May 1688 at 6.45 pm when England was on the brink of a revolution."
^Foundation, Poetry (29 April 2021). "Alexander Pope". Poetry Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
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