Elijah Fenton (Q387478)

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* 1683-05-20, + 1730-07-16, British poet
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Elijah Fenton
* 1683-05-20, + 1730-07-16, British poet

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    Education: grammar school at Newcastle under Lyme; sizar at Jesus College, Cambridge, 1700; BA 1704-5; MA 1726
    Periodicals etc.: Oxford and Cambridge miscellany poems [see entry under Poetic Publications]
    Overall: Fenton was a poet variously praised and criticized. He dedicated his works to several prominent noblemen. His tragedy, Mariamne, was his most popular and lucrative work. Fenton is also known for his work with Pope on the latter's Iliad and Odyssey.