Philip Dormer Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield (Q387681)

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Revision as of 14:30, 28 November 2021 by Olaf Simons (talk | contribs) (‎Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: Chesterfield was near the apex of English society--born to high rank, rich, and serving a series of politically important roles and positions in both govt. and opposition. As far as I can tell from the DNB and from the spotty record of his authorship in the ESTC, he did not use poetry as an aristocratic attainment in its own right on the Spenserian/Sidneyan Renaissance model (did anyone in the mid 18-c? Horace Walpole?) Rather, he use...)
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* 1694-09-22, + 1773-03-24, British statesman and man of letters
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Philip Dormer Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield
* 1694-09-22, + 1773-03-24, British statesman and man of letters

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    Date of death
    24 March 1773Gregorian
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    Place of birth
    London
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    Place of death
    London
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    Biographical notes
    Patrons: [Chesterfield was himself a patron, though not a very successful one, as Johnson can attest--ESTC shows many works addressed or dedicated to him, some by obvious social inferiors but also one by the Earl of Orrery]
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    Jacob Sider Jost/ Mary Naydan/ Noah Fusco, “Poets of the 1730s: A Digital Humanities Seedling” (2017/ 2021)
    Reception: Aaron Hill; John Dyer; William Bond; Richard Savage
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    Periodicals etc.: Chesterfield's known miscellaneous writings were essays contributed to The Craftsman, to Common Sense, Old England, and The World.; The poetic and satirical squibs, including one directed at Queen ; Caroline, though admired, do not have the cutting edge of those by ; Hervey or Charles Hanbury-Williams. (DNB)
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    Jacob Sider Jost/ Mary Naydan/ Noah Fusco, “Poets of the 1730s: A Digital Humanities Seedling” (2017/ 2021)
     

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