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Richard West
(1716-1742)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    West, Richard, 1716-1742
NRA:    West Richard (1716-1742) Poet
DNB:    West, Richard (1716–1742), poet
LBT ID: RiWest1742    VIAF ID: 143039    LOC ID: n96033061
B/BAP:   1716
DIED:   1742-06-01
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English poet educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; he befriended Thomas Gray at Eton and they corresponded before West's early death from consumption.
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