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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Spencer, William Robert, 1769-1834 NRA: Spencer William Robert (1769-1834) Poet DNB: Spencer, William Robert (1770-1834), poet and humorist LBT ID: WiSpenc1834 VIAF ID: 69284847 LOC ID: n83001394 | B/BAP: 1770-01-09 DIED: 1834-10-23 |
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English wit and author of society verse. He was the son of Lord Charles Spencer, second
son of the third duke of Marlborough, educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. Spencer
was a friend of Fox, Sheridan, and the Prince of Wales. | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Robert Spencer:
Beth-Gêlert or The Grave of the Greyhound. Found 1.
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Leonora. Translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürgher. Found 4.
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Poems of the late Hon. William R. Spencer; a New Edition, with Corrections and
Additions; to which is prefixed a Biographical Memoir by the Editor. Found 3.
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The Year of Sorrow: written in the Spring of 1803. Found 0.
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