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* 1675, + 1737, British poet
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Abel Evans |
* 1675, + 1737, British poet |
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Education: Merchant Taylors' School 1685; matriculated from St John's College, Oxford 1692; BA 1696; MA 1700; BD 1705; DD 1711; fellow until 1724
Patrons: duke of Marlborough -- praised in a sermon, the dutchess gifted Evans venison
Coteries: Pope -- praised him in the Dunciad
Periodicals etc.: Nichols's Select Collection of Poems (six pastorals),1782
Overall: Evans was a clergyman, poet, and well-known epigrammatist. Evans wrote politically charged, yet contradictory sermons, espousing at times zealous tory beliefs, and at others, staunch whig ones. Thomas Hearne concluded from Evans's vacillation that Evans was trying to get preferment from the whigs, though he was unsuccessful, as the college was his only ecclesiastical patron. A satire called The apparition is his most famous work.
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