Matthew Prior

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Matthew Prior was an English poet and diplomat of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his satirical verse and political involvement during the reigns of William III and Queen Anne.

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instanceOf diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
burialPlace Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey ⓘ
linked to: Poets’ Corner
contemporaryOf Alexander Pope ⓘ
Jonathan Swift ⓘ
Joseph Addison ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1664-07-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1721-09-18 ⓘ
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
employer British diplomatic service ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm ballad ⓘ
epigram ⓘ
ode ⓘ
knownFor diplomatic negotiations with France ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
satirical verse ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
monarchDuringService Queen Anne ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
movement Augustan poetry ⓘ
linked to: Augustan literature
notableWork Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind ⓘ
Poems on Several Occasions ⓘ
Solomon on the Vanity of the World ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
poet ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn negotiations leading to the Treaty of Utrecht ⓘ
patron Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax ⓘ
linked to: Charles Montagu
placeOfBirth Wimborne Minster ⓘ
placeOfDeath Wimpole ⓘ
politicalAlignment Tory ⓘ
positionHeld Envoy Extraordinary to France ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Cambridge University ⓘ
Member of Parliament for East Grinstead ⓘ
Secretary to the Embassy at The Hague ⓘ
Under-Secretary of State ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Paris ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
workPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ

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