William Lauder

(1710 c.-1771 c.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Laudér, William, d. 1771 DNB: Lauder, William (c.1710-c.1771), literary forger LBT ID: WiLaude1771 VIAF ID: 35700447 LOC ID: n50039785	B/BAP: 1710 DIED: 1771
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Scottish classical scholar; rendered infamous by his Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns (1750).
REFERENCES TO William Lauder: Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Portraits—the Author's Father. Found 1: ¶ 1