William Broome
English poet and translator
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::summary English poet and translator ::
William Broome (c. April 1689 – 16 November 1745) was an English poet and translator. He was born in Bromsgrove, near Birmingham, Cheshire and died in Bath.
Education
He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, entered the Church, and became rector of Sturston and later Pulham in Norfolk and Eye in Suffolk.
Translations
Broome translated the Iliad in prose along with others, and was employed by Alexander Pope, whom he excelled as a Greek scholar, in translating the Odyssey, of which he Englished the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, and 23rd books, catching the style of his master so exactly as almost to defy identification, and thus annoying him so as to earn a niche in The Dunciad. He also translated the Odes of Anacreon.
The verses of his own that he published had very moderate poetical merit. He became friendly with a younger poet whom Pope admired, Joseph Thurston.
References
References
- {{A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
- {{cite EB1911
- [https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-70938#odnb-9780198614128-e-70938-div1-d584298e173 ODNB. Retrieved 16 June 2020.]
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