ELIJAH FENTON
\ɪlˈa͡ɪd͡ʒə fˈɛntən], \ɪlˈaɪdʒə fˈɛntən], \ɪ_l_ˈaɪ_dʒ_ə f_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_n]\
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An English poet, dramatist, and biographer; born at Shelton, Staffordshire, May 20, 1683; died in Berkshire, August (not July) 1730. He worked with Pope at the translation of the Odyssey, wrote "Mariamne", a tragedy, and produced a "Hymn to the Sun", with other verse displaying taste and talent.
By Charles Dudley Warner
