Nahum Tate, the Glossary
Nahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Anglo-Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692.[1]
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87 relations: A Duke and No Duke, Absalom and Achitophel, Aeneas, Alexander Pope, Anglo-Irish people, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Aston Cockayne, Ballyhaise, Brutus of Alba (play), Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, Christmas carol, Colley Cibber, Come Ye Sons of Art, Confidant, Cordelia (King Lear), Coriolanus, Cuckold's Haven, Dido, Dido and Aeneas, Dorset Garden Theatre, Dublin, Eastward Hoe, Faithful Teate, Farce, George Chapman, Girolamo Fracastoro, Greenwich, Happy ending, Harpsichord, Henry Cromwell, Henry Purcell, Heroic couplet, Hymnwriter, Incumbent (ecclesiastical), Internet Archive, Irish Rebellion of 1641, John Dryden, John Fletcher (playwright), John Marston (playwright), John Webster, Joseph Addison, King Lear, Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of Ireland, Latin, Laurence Eusden, Libretto, Literary adaptation, London, Lyricist, ... Expand index (37 more) »
- 17th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights
- 17th-century Irish poets
- 18th-century Irish poets
- British Poets Laureate
- People associated with Shakespeare
A Duke and No Duke
A Duke and No Duke is a 1684 comedy play by the Irish writer Nahum Tate.
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Absalom and Achitophel
Absalom and Achitophel is a celebrated satirical poem by John Dryden, written in heroic couplets and first published in 1681.
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Aeneas
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (from) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus).
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. Nahum Tate and Alexander Pope are 18th-century English poets.
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Anglo-Irish people
Anglo-Irish people denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland.
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Anne, Queen of Great Britain
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death.
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Aston Cockayne
Sir Aston Cockayne, 1st Baronet (1608–1684) Also spelt Aston Cockain was, in his day, a well-known Cavalier and a minor literary figure, now best remembered as a friend of Philip Massinger, John Fletcher, Michael Drayton, Richard Brome, Thomas Randolph, and other writers of his generation. Nahum Tate and Aston Cockayne are English male dramatists and playwrights.
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Ballyhaise
Ballyhaise is a village in County Cavan, Ireland.
Brutus of Alba (play)
Brutus of Alba; Or, The Enchanted Lovers is a 1678 tragedy by the Irish writer Nahum Tate.
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Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex, KG (24 January 164329 January 1706) was an English poet and courtier.
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Christmas carol
A Christmas carol is a carol (a song or hymn) on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas holiday season.
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Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. Nahum Tate and Colley Cibber are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 18th-century English poets, British Poets Laureate and English male dramatists and playwrights.
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Come Ye Sons of Art
Come Ye Sons of Art, Z.323, also known as Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday, is a musical composition by Henry Purcell.
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Confidant
The confidant (or; feminine: confidante, same pronunciation) is a character in a story whom a protagonist confides in and trusts.
Cordelia (King Lear)
Cordelia is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear.
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Coriolanus
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608.
Cuckold's Haven
Cuckold's Haven; Or, An Alderman No Conjurer is a 1685 comedy play by the Irish writer Nahum Tate.
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Dido
Dido, also known as Elissa (Ἔλισσα), was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC.
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate.
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Dorset Garden Theatre
The Dorset Garden Theatre in London, built in 1671, was in its early years also known as the Duke of York's Theatre, or the Duke's Theatre.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
Eastward Hoe
Eastward Hoe or Eastward Ho! is an early Jacobean-era stage play written by George Chapman, Ben Jonson and John Marston.
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Faithful Teate
Faithful Teate (c. 1626 – 1666) was a Protestant clergyman and poet from County Cavan, Ireland.
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Farce
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable.
George Chapman
George Chapman (– 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator and poet. Nahum Tate and George Chapman are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 17th-century English poets, 17th-century male writers and English male dramatists and playwrights.
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Girolamo Fracastoro
Girolamo Fracastoro (Hieronymus Fracastorius; c. 1476/86 August 1553) was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy.
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Greenwich
Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London.
Happy ending
A happy ending is an ending of the plot of a work of fiction in which there is a positive outcome for the protagonist or protagonists, and in which this is to be considered a favourable outcome.
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Harpsichord
A harpsichord (clavicembalo, clavecin, Cembalo; clavecín, cravo, клавеси́н (tr. klavesín or klavesin), klavecimbel, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard.
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Henry Cromwell
Henry Cromwell (20 January 1628 – 23 March 1674) was the fourth son of Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bourchier, and an important figure in the Parliamentarian regime in Ireland.
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Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell (rare:; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music.
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Heroic couplet
A heroic couplet is a traditional form for English poetry, commonly used in epic and narrative poetry, and consisting of a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter.
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Hymnwriter
A hymnwriter (or hymn writer, hymnist, hymnodist, hymnographer, etc.) is someone who writes the text, music, or both of hymns.
Incumbent (ecclesiastical)
In English ecclesiastical law, the term incumbent refers to the holder of a Church of England parochial charge or benefice.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.
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Irish Rebellion of 1641
The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was an uprising in Ireland, initiated on 23 October 1641 by Catholic gentry and military officers.
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John Dryden
John Dryden (–) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. Nahum Tate and John Dryden are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 17th-century English poets, 17th-century male writers, British Poets Laureate and English male dramatists and playwrights.
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John Fletcher (playwright)
John Fletcher (December 1579 – August 1625) was an English playwright. Nahum Tate and John Fletcher (playwright) are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 17th-century male writers, English male dramatists and playwrights and people associated with Shakespeare.
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John Marston (playwright)
John Marston (baptised 7 October 1576 – 25 June 1634) was an English playwright, poet and satirist during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods. Nahum Tate and John Marston (playwright) are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 17th-century English poets and English male dramatists and playwrights.
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John Webster
John Webster (c. 1578 – c. 1632) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often seen as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. Nahum Tate and John Webster are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 17th-century English poets and English male dramatists and playwrights.
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Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 May 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. Nahum Tate and Joseph Addison are English male dramatists and playwrights.
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King Lear
King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.
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Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland (Ríoghacht Éireann; Ríocht na hÉireann) was a dependent territory of England and then of Great Britain from 1542 to the end of 1800.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Laurence Eusden
Laurence Eusden (bapt. 6 September 168827 September 1730) was an English poet who became Britain's youngest Poet Laureate in 1718. Nahum Tate and Laurence Eusden are 18th-century English poets and British Poets Laureate.
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Libretto
A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.
Literary adaptation
Literary adaptation is adapting a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, stage play, or video game.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Lyricist
A lyricist is a writer who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.
Mary II
Mary II (30 April 166228 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.
Nicholas Brady (poet)
Nicholas Brady (28 October 165920 May 1726), Anglican divine and poet, was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady (poet) are 17th-century English poets, 17th-century Irish poets, 17th-century male writers, 18th-century English poets, 18th-century Irish male writers and 18th-century Irish poets.
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Nicholas Rowe (writer)
Nicholas Rowe (20 June 1674 – 6 December 1718) was an English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715. Nahum Tate and Nicholas Rowe (writer) are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 18th-century English poets, British Poets Laureate and English male dramatists and playwrights.
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
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Opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.
Orchestra pit
An orchestra pit is an area in a theatre (usually located in a lowered area in front of the stage) in which musicians perform.
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Pastoral
The pastoral genre of literature, art, or music depicts an idealised form of the shepherd's lifestyle – herding livestock around open areas of land according to the seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture.
Poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry.
Poet laureate
A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.
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Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
The British Poet Laureate is an honorary position appointed by the monarch of the United Kingdom, currently on the advice of the prime minister. Nahum Tate and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom are British Poets Laureate.
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Psalm 42
Psalm 42 is the 42nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, often known in English by its incipit, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks" (in the King James Version).
Puritans
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.
Richard II (play)
The Life and Death of King Richard the Second, commonly called Richard II, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around 1595.
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Riverside Shakespeare Company
The Riverside Shakespeare Company of New York City was founded in 1977 as a professional (AEA) theatre company on the Upper West Side of New York City, by W. Stuart McDowell and Gloria Skurski.
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (– 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. Nahum Tate and Samuel Johnson are 18th-century English poets.
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Southwark
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
Southwark St George the Martyr
Southwark St George the Martyr was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England and part of the ancient Borough of Southwark.
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St George the Martyr, Southwark
St George the Martyr is a church in the historic Borough district of south London.
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Sudbury, London
Sudbury is a suburb in the London Borough of Brent, located in northwest London, United Kingdom.
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Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum.
Tate and Brady
Tate and Brady refers to the collaboration of the poets Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady, which produced one famous work, New Version of the Psalms of David (1696).
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The Dunciad
The Dunciad is a landmark, mock-heroic, narrative poem by Alexander Pope published in three different versions at different times from 1728 to 1743.
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The History of King Lear
The History of King Lear is an adaptation by Nahum Tate of William Shakespeare's King Lear.
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The Literary Encyclopedia
The Literary Encyclopedia is an online reference work first published in October 2000.
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The Loyal General
The Loyal General is a 1679 tragedy by the Irish writer Nahum Tate.
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The Shakespeare Center
The Shakespeare Center was the home of the Riverside Shakespeare Company, an Equity professional theatre company in New York City, established in 1980 and dedicated in 1982, when the company established its center of theatre production and advanced actor training at the 90-year-old West-Park Presbyterian Church on Amsterdam Avenue at West 86th Street.
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The White Devil
The White Devil (full original title: The White Divel; or, The Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano. With The Life and Death of Vittoria Corombona the famous Venetian Curtizan) is a tragedy by English playwright John Webster.
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.
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Thomas Betterton
Thomas Betterton (August 1635 – 28 April 1710), the leading male actor and theatre manager during Restoration England, son of an under-cook to King Charles I, was born in London.
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Thomas Shadwell
Thomas Shadwell (– 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1689. Nahum Tate and Thomas Shadwell are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 17th-century English poets, British Poets Laureate and English male dramatists and playwrights.
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Tory
A Tory is an individual who supports a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalist conservatism which upholds the established social order as it has evolved through the history of Great Britain.
Trinity College Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (Coláiste na Tríonóide), officially The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, is the sole constituent college of the University of Dublin, Ireland.
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University of Toronto Libraries
The University of Toronto Libraries system is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked third among peer institutions in North America, behind only Harvard and Yale.
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While shepherds watched their flocks
"While shepherds watched their flocks" is a traditional Christmas carol describing the Annunciation to the Shepherds, with words attributed to Irish hymnist, lyricist and England's Poet Laureate Nahum Tate.
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William III of England
William III (William Henry;; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. Nahum Tate and William Shakespeare are 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights, 17th-century English poets and English male dramatists and playwrights.
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1692 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1692.
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See also
17th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights
17th-century Irish poets
- Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig
- Brighid Nic Gearailt
- Cornelius Mac Curtain
- Dáibhí Ó Bruadair
- Daibhidh Ó Duibhgheannáin
- Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh
- Eleanor Burnell
- Eoghan Ó Donnghaile
- James Farewell
- John Denham (poet)
- Jonathan Swift
- Liam Mac Curtain an Dúna
- Luke Wadding (bishop)
- Maoilín Óg Mac Bruaideadha
- Mary Monck
- Nahum Tate
- Nicholas Brady (poet)
- Raghnall Dall Mac Domhnaill
- Richard Stanyhurst
- Seán Ó Neachtain (poet)
- Tadhg Ó Neachtain
- Thomas Sheridan (divine)
- Walter Quin
18th-century Irish poets
- Beaumont Brenan
- Benjamin Hawkshaw
- Catherine Gray, Lady Manners
- Christopher Temple Emmet
- Constantia Grierson
- Cornelius Mac Curtain
- Dáibhí de Barra
- Dominick Kelly
- Elizabeth Ryves
- Ellen Taylor
- Eyles Irwin
- Francis Gentleman
- Henry Jones (poet)
- J.S. Anna Liddiard
- James Orr (poet)
- Jerome Alley
- John Cunningham (poet and dramatist)
- John Edwards (1751–1832)
- John Gilborne
- Jonathan Swift
- Laetitia Pilkington
- Máire Ní Dhonnchadha Dhuibh
- Mary Anne Holmes
- Mary Barber (poet)
- Mary Leadbeater
- Mary Monck
- Mary Tighe
- Matthew Pilkington
- Melesina Trench
- Muiris Ó Gormáin
- Nahum Tate
- Nicholas Brady (poet)
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Olivia Elder
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
- Samuel Burdy
- Seán Ó Neachtain (poet)
- Tadhg Ó Neachtain
- Tarlach Rua Mac Dónaill
- Thomas Houston
- Thomas Moore
- Thomas Parnell
- Thomas Sheridan (divine)
- Walter Quin
- William Dunkin
- William Hamilton Drummond
British Poets Laureate
- Alfred Austin
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Andrew Motion
- Ben Jonson
- Carol Ann Duffy
- Cecil Day-Lewis
- Colley Cibber
- Edmund Spenser
- Gulielmus Peregrinus
- Henry James Pye
- Jasmine Gardosi
- John Betjeman
- John Dryden
- John Kay (Poet Laureate)
- John Masefield
- John Skelton (poet)
- Laurence Eusden
- Nahum Tate
- Nicholas Rowe (writer)
- Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
- Robert Bridges
- Robert Southey
- Samuel Daniel
- Simon Armitage
- Ted Hughes
- Thomas Shadwell
- Thomas Warton
- William Davenant
- William Whitehead (poet)
- William Wordsworth
People associated with Shakespeare
- Anne Whateley
- Archibald Dennis Flower
- Augustine Phillips
- Ben Jonson
- Cuthbert Burbage
- Edward Alleyn
- Edward Knight (King's Men)
- Emilia Lanier
- George Wilkins
- Henry Condell
- Henry Willobie
- Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
- John Fletcher (playwright)
- John Heminges
- John Manningham
- Leonard Digges (writer)
- List of Shakespeare authorship candidates
- Matteo Bandello
- Nahum Tate
- Nicholas Flood Davin
- Richard Burbage
- Richard Field (printer)
- Rival Poet
- Robert Armin
- Robert Chester (poet)
- Samuel Gilburne
- William Kempe
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahum_Tate
Also known as N. Tate, Nahum Teate.
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