Francis Fawkes
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1721 – 1777
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Who was Francis Fawkes?
Francis Fawkes was an English poet and translator. Fawkes translated Anacreon, Sappho, and other classics, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin Douglas, and was the author of the well-known song, The Brown Jug, and of two poems, Bramham Park and Partridge Shooting. His translation of the Argonautica in rhymed couplets appeared in 1780.
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- Born
- 1721
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- Jesus College, Cambridge
- Bury Grammar School
- Died
- 1777
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on July 23, 2013
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