William Whitehead

(1715-1785)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Whitehead, William, 1715-1785 DNB: Whitehead, William (bap. 1715, d. 1785), poet and playwright LBT ID: WiWhite1785 VIAF ID: 39437154 LOC ID: n82054711	B/BAP: 1715-02-12 DIED: 1785-04-14
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English poet and playwright; educated at Winchester and Clare Hall, Cambridge, he was appointed poet laureate in 1757.
REFERENCES TO William Whitehead: Charles Lamb to Sarah James, [16 April? 1829] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1829