1770 in Poetry - Births

Births

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

  • March 20 – Friedrich Hölderlin (died 1843), German
  • April 7 – William Wordsworth, English poet (died 1850)
  • April 11 – George Canning (died 1827), English politician and statesman who became prime minister and wrote poetry
  • Also:
    • James Hogg (died 1835), Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English
    • James Plumptre (died 1832), English poet and writer

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    As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.
    Francis Bacon (1561–1626)