LORD BYRON and his TIMES
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| 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 |
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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. | |
