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Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
Pope, Alexander. A great English poet; born at London, May 21, 1688; died at Twickenham on the Thames, May 30, 1744. His principal works are: ‘The Iliad of Homer,’ translated (1715–20); ‘Homer’s Odyssey’ (1725); ‘Essay on Criticism,’ in the manner of Horace (1711); ‘The Temple of Fame’ (1711); ‘The Rape of the Lock’ (1712); ‘Epistle from Eloisa to Abelard’ (1716); ‘The Dunciad’ (1728, 1742); ‘Essay on Man’ (1733) ‘Imitations of Horace’ (1740). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).