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Olaf Simons (talk | contribs) (Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Education: Merchant Taylors' School 1685; matriculated from St John's College, Oxford 1692; BA 1696; MA 1700; BD 1705; DD 1711; fellow until 1724, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1638101435300) |
Olaf Simons (talk | contribs) (Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): 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., #qu...) |
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Property / Biographical notes: 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. / rank | |||
Property / Biographical notes: 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. / reference | |||
Revision as of 14:31, 28 November 2021
* 1675, + 1737, British poet
Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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English | Abel Evans |
* 1675, + 1737, British poet |
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Patrons: duke of Marlborough -- praised in a sermon, the dutchess gifted Evans venison
Periodicals etc.: Nichols's Select Collection of Poems (six pastorals),1782
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- wikidatawiki Q4666556