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William Whitehead
Playwright, Author
1715 – 1785
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Who was William Whitehead?
William Whitehead was an English poet and playwright. He became Poet Laureate in 1757 after Thomas Gray declined the position.
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- Born
- Feb 12, 1715
Cambridge - Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Winchester College
- Clare College, Cambridge
- Employment
- Poet laureate, Government of the United Kingdom
(1757 - 1785)
- Poet laureate, Government of the United Kingdom
- Died
- Apr 14, 1785
Berkeley Square
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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