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Alexander Pope
b.21 May 1688 London, England
d.30 May 1744 Twickenham, Middlesex, England
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Name[1] Alexander Pope
Gender Male
Birth? 21 May 1688 London, England
Occupation? 1734 An Essay on Man
Death? 30 May 1744 Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Reference Number? Q164047?


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Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 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 The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translation of Homer.

After Shakespeare, Pope is the second-most quoted author 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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