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(‎Added reference to claim: Biographical notes (P173): Coteries: William Cowper; Edward Young, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637947391355)
(‎Created claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: Cotton was a physician, particularly of the mentally ill. Judging from his poet-friend William Cowper's claim to owe Cotton at least £140, Cotton received a fine profit for his services. "As a moralistic poet Cotton achieved considerable contemporary acclaim" (DNB). The preface to his most famous, anonymous work, Visions in Verse, explains that he aims "to profit and to please unknown.", #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637953760450)
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Overall: Cotton was a physician, particularly of the mentally ill. Judging from his poet-friend William Cowper's claim to owe Cotton at least £140, Cotton received a fine profit for his services. "As a moralistic poet Cotton achieved considerable contemporary acclaim" (DNB). The preface to his most famous, anonymous work, Visions in Verse, explains that he aims "to profit and to please unknown."
Property / Biographical notes: Overall: Cotton was a physician, particularly of the mentally ill. Judging from his poet-friend William Cowper's claim to owe Cotton at least £140, Cotton received a fine profit for his services. "As a moralistic poet Cotton achieved considerable contemporary acclaim" (DNB). The preface to his most famous, anonymous work, Visions in Verse, explains that he aims "to profit and to please unknown." / rank
 
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* 1705, + 1788, British writer
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Nathaniel Cotton
* 1705, + 1788, British writer

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    Male gender
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    Date of birth
    1705
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    Date of death
    1788
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    Biographical notes
    Education: trained as a physician in Leiden, under Hermann Boerhaave; matriculated as a medical student 1729; MD 1730
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    Author
    Jacob Sider Jost/ Mary Naydan/ Noah Fusco, “Poets of the 1730s: A Digital Humanities Seedling” (2017/ 2021)
    Overall: Cotton was a physician, particularly of the mentally ill. Judging from his poet-friend William Cowper's claim to owe Cotton at least £140, Cotton received a fine profit for his services. "As a moralistic poet Cotton achieved considerable contemporary acclaim" (DNB). The preface to his most famous, anonymous work, Visions in Verse, explains that he aims "to profit and to please unknown."
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