1742 in Poetry - Deaths

Deaths

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

  • April 27 – Nicholas Amhurst (born 1697), English poet and political writer
  • July 9 – John Oldmixon (born 1673), English historian, pamphleteer, poet and critic
  • July 19 – William Somervile (born 1675), English poet
  • date not known – David French (poet) (born 1700), English Colonial American
  • François-Joseph de Beaupoil de Sainte-Aulaire (born 1643), French poet and army officer

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