William Sotheby

(1757-1833)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sotheby, William, 1757-1833 NRA: Sotheby William (1757-1833) Author DNB: Sotheby, William (1757-1833), poet and translator LBT ID: WiSothe1833 VIAF ID: 59228877 LOC ID: n50014138	B/BAP: 1757-11-09 DIED: 1833-12-30
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English man of letters; after Harrow he joined the dragoons, married well, and published Poems (1790) and became a prolific poet and translator, prominent in literary society.
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Sotheby: Lord Byron to William Sotheby, 15 September 1815 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Lord Byron to William Sotheby, 25 September 1815 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)