NICHOLAS ROWE
\nˈɪkələs ɹˈə͡ʊ], \nˈɪkələs ɹˈəʊ], \n_ˈɪ_k_ə_l_ə_s ɹ_ˈəʊ]\
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An English dramatist and poet-laureate; born at Little Barford, Bedfordshire, June 30 (?), 1674; died Dec. 6, 1718. He was a successful courtier and politician, but is best known as the translator of Lucan's "Pharsalia" (1718), and the author of many successful plays, the most popular of which were the tragedies: "Tamerlane" (1702); "The Fair Penitent" (1703); "Jane Shore" (1714); and "Lady Jane Grey" (1715).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.