William Broome

(1689-1745)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Broome, William, 1689-1745 DNB: Broome, William (bap. 1689, d. 1745), translator and poet LBT ID: WiBroom1745 VIAF ID: 63859267 LOC ID: nr90028548	B/BAP: 1689-05-03 DIED: 1745-11-16
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Educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge, he was an English poet and translator who assisted Alexander Pope in his translation of the Odyssey (1722-26).