1798 in Poetry - Deaths

Deaths

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

  • April 11 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler (born 1724), German poet
  • Also:
    • Mary Alcock (born 1742), English poet, essayist and philanthropist
    • Edmund Gardner (poet)
    • St. John Honeywood, (born 1763), American
    • Robert Merry
    • David Samwell, also known by the pseudonym Dafydd Ddu Feddyg, (born 1751), Welsh naval surgeon and poet
    • Waris Shah (born 1722), Punjabi Sufi poet

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