JEREMIAH HOLMES WIFFEN
\d͡ʒˌɛɹəmˈa͡ɪ͡ə hˈə͡ʊmz wˈɪfən], \dʒˌɛɹəmˈaɪə hˈəʊmz wˈɪfən], \dʒ_ˌɛ_ɹ_ə_m_ˈaɪə h_ˈəʊ_m_z w_ˈɪ_f_ə_n]\
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An English educator, poet, and translator; born at Woburn in 1792; died at Woburn Abbey, May 2, 1836. He made poetical translations of Garcilaso de la Vega (1823), Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered" (2 vols., 1824-25), and from the Welsh "Triads". Besides contributing poems to the annuals, he published several volumes of original verse.
By Charles Dudley Warner
