Hoole, John

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Dates:
Active 1611
Active 1824
Birth 1727
Death 1803-08-02
Birth 1727
Death 1803

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Epithet: translator

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000088

Epithet: of Add MS 28104

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x000086

John Hoole (1727-1803) translated works by Tasso, Metastasio and Ariosto into English verse. A friend of Samuel Johnson, Hoole kept a diary of Johnson's last days, and published it in 1799.

From the description of Doctor Johnson : letters, anecdotes, etc., 1777-1785, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702200598

From the description of Journal-narrative relative to Dr. Johnson's last illness : three weeks before his death, [circa 1799] / kept by John Hoole. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702200610

English translator and playwright.

From the description of Autograph manuscript of the argument for a translation of three books of Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Boiardo. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269546459

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Subjects:

  • Achilles (Greek mythology)
  • Authors, English
  • English poetry
  • Telemachus (Greek mythology)
  • Verse drama, English

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