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Poet Laureate

Name: Poet Laureate – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · Arts / Poetry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1668–1692Date range

3Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1668

John Dryden1668

Arts / Poetry

Appointed Poet Laureate

Thomas Shadwell1668

Arts / Poetry

Appointed Poet Laureate

1692

Nahum Tate1692

Arts / Poetry

Appointed Poet Laureate

Names involved

John DrydenNahum TateThomas Shadwell

Provenance

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