Abraham Cowley
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Milestones
By early August 1618
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, civil servant, poet, and essayist, was born in London, the posthumous seventh son of his father, who was said to be a grocer.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006.
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Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, et. al., 1781. http://SpCol PR 553 J67 1781, http://SpCol PR 553 J67 1781.
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28 July 1667
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, civil servant, poet, and essayist, died at Chertsey at under the age of fifty, after catching a chill.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, et. al., 1781. http://SpCol PR 553 J67 1781, http://SpCol PR 553 J67 1781.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/, http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Biography
Birth
By early August 1618
AC
, civil servant, poet, and essayist, was born in London, the posthumous seventh son of his father, who was said to be a grocer.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press, 2006.
1: 309n2
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, et. al., 1781. http://SpCol PR 553 J67 1781, http://SpCol PR 553 J67 1781.
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