1699 in Poetry - Births

Births

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

  • Robert Blair (died 1746), Scottish
  • John Dyer (born in either 1699 or 1700), Anglo-Welsh poet (d. 1758)
  • John Ellis
  • Leonard Howard (d. 1767), Divine also dubbed poet laureate in the King's Bench
  • Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (died 1781), Indian, Urdu-language poet
  • Christopher Pitt (died 1748), English poet and translator
  • Alexander Ross, Scottish

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