Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
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Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
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Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Wolcot, John, 1738-1819
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Wolcot, John, 1738-1819
Pindar, Peter
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Pindar, Peter
Wolcot, John
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Wolcot, John
Wolcot, John, MD; poet
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Wolcot, John, MD; poet
Wolcott, John E.
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Wolcott, John E.
Wolcott, John (English painter, 1738-1819)
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Wolcott, John (English painter, 1738-1819)
Pindar, Peter pseud
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Pindar, Peter pseud
Pindar, P. 1738-1819 (Peter),
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Pindar, P. 1738-1819 (Peter),
Ploughshare, Jan 1738-1819
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Ploughshare, Jan 1738-1819
Wolcott, Peter Pindar
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Wolcott, Peter Pindar
Pindar, P. 1738-1819
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Pindar, P. 1738-1819
Ploughshare, John 1738-1819
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Ploughshare, John 1738-1819
John Wolcot
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John Wolcot
Wolcott John 1738-1819
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Wolcott John 1738-1819
Walcot, John 1738-1819
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Walcot, John 1738-1819
Peter Pindar
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John Wolcott
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Peter Pindar is the pseudonym of John Wolcot, an English satirist.
John Wolcot studied medicine in London, took his M.D. at Aberdeen, and became physician-general of Jamaica. After returning to England, he met the painter John Opie and in 1780 the two moved from Truro to London, where Wolcot devoted himself to the writing of verse satires, mostly published under the name "Peter Pindar."
English satirist and poet.
Wolcot was an English poet and satirist (pseudonym, Peter Pindar). He also practiced medicine in England and Jamaica, where he was made physician general. He was noted for his satires on George III, James Boswell, and the Royal Academy.
Epithet: MD; poet
John Wolcot (1738-1819) was a poet and satirist, born in Dodbrooke, near Kingsbridge, Devonshire. After a career that included several years in Jamaica as the governor's physician, in 1780 he moved to London and began writing satires under the name of Peter Pindar. His targets included members of the Royal Academy, the king and queen, the biographer James Boswell, and the Abyssinian traveler James Bruce.
Pen name of John Wolcot, English satirist and poet.
Pseydonymn of English physician, painter, poet, and satirist Johhn Wolcot.
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English satirist and poet. "Peter Pindar."
John Wolcott, English poet, satirist and physician, used the pseudonym, Peter Pindar. In 1762, Pindar began training as a physician and began practicing in 1767 in a variety of places including Jamaica.
While practicing medicine at Exeter in 1778, Pindar published his first song. Pindar established his reputation as a satirist by writing odes and lyrics about London life, politicians, and the King, between 1785 and 1795.
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Plymouth, Devon
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Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure
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Plympton, Devon
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Brighton, Sussex
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