NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rough, William, 1772 or 3-1838 NRA: Rough William (c 1772-1838) lawyer and poet DNB: Rough, Sir William (1772/3–1838), lawyer and poet LBT ID: WiRough1838 VIAF ID: 68356692 LOC ID: n2006047640 | B/BAP: 1772 DIED: 1838-05-19 |
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Educated at Wesminster and Trinity College, Cambridge (where he knew Southey and
Coleridge, respectively), he was a poet, barrister, and chief justice of the supreme court
in Ceylon. | |