1800 in Poetry - Deaths

Deaths

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

  • February 23 — Joseph Warton (born 1722), English poet and critic
  • April 25 – William Cowper, pronounced "Cooper" (born 1731), English poet and hymn writer
  • June 29 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (born 1719), German
  • September 29 – Michael Denis (born 1729), Austrian writer, poet, translator, librarian and zoologist
  • Also:
    • Arnimal (birth year not known), Indian, Kashmiri poet; a woman
    • Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill (born 1743), Irish noblewoman and poet, the composer of Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire
    • Mary Robinson (born 1757), English poet and novelist

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