William Collins
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1721 – 1759
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Who was William Collins?
William Collins was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray, he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a turn away from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the Romantic era which would soon follow.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1721
Chichester - Nationality
- England
- Education
- Magdalen College, Oxford
- Winchester College
- Died
- Jun 12, 1759
Chichester
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on July 23, 2013
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