Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope(1688-1744)
Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet. He is best known for his satirical verse, including The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad, and for his translation of Homer.
Pope was the son of a linen merchant in London and his wife Edith, who were both Catholics. Pope's education was affected by the recently enacted Test Acts, which banned Catholics from teaching or attending a university. Pope was taught to read by his aunt and only attended school as an adolescent. He mostly educated himself by reading the works of classical writers, the epic poets Homer and Virgil, as well as Chaucer and Shakespeare.
From the age of 12, he suffered numerous health problems including Pott's disease (a form of tuberculosis that affects the spine), which deformed his body and stunted his growth, leaving him with a severe hunchback.
Pope is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare.
Pope was the son of a linen merchant in London and his wife Edith, who were both Catholics. Pope's education was affected by the recently enacted Test Acts, which banned Catholics from teaching or attending a university. Pope was taught to read by his aunt and only attended school as an adolescent. He mostly educated himself by reading the works of classical writers, the epic poets Homer and Virgil, as well as Chaucer and Shakespeare.
From the age of 12, he suffered numerous health problems including Pott's disease (a form of tuberculosis that affects the spine), which deformed his body and stunted his growth, leaving him with a severe hunchback.
Pope is the second-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations after Shakespeare.
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