SKELTON JOHN
\skˈɛltən d͡ʒˈɒn], \skˈɛltən dʒˈɒn], \s_k_ˈɛ_l_t_ə_n dʒ_ˈɒ_n]\
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An early English satirical poet; born about 1460; died in 1529. He was academical laureate at Cambridge and Oxford, and afterwards was appointed by Henry VII. tutor to Prince Henry, afterward Henry VIII. He wrote many poems of a jocular and satirical nature, among which are "Philip Sparrow", the lament of a maiden over the loss of her pet bird; and "Colin Clout", a satire on the clergy.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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