'N. Rowe', (1674-1718), 1830. Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718) English poet and dramatist educated at Highgate school, Westminster and Middle Temple. Appointed under-secretary to the Duke of Queensberry, became Poet Laureate in 1715 and translated and edited the works of William Shakespeare. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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