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Alexander Pope

1688–1744English poetry & literatureEarly modern (1500 – 1800)Person

Alexander Pope was an English poet of the Augustan age, known for his satire and his translations of Homer. An Essay on Criticism, begun in his late teens and published in 1711 when he was in his early twenties, gave English many lasting phrases, among them 'to err is human, to forgive divine'.

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