JOHN WOLCOTOR WOLCOTT
\d͡ʒˈɒn wˈɒlkɒtə wˈɒlkɒt], \dʒˈɒn wˈɒlkɒtə wˈɒlkɒt], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n w_ˈɒ_l_k_ɒ_t_ə w_ˈɒ_l_k_ɒ_t]\
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An English clergyman, physician, and satirical poet; born at Dodbrooke, in May 1738; died in London, Jan. 14, 1819. His satires involved him in many quarrels. So effective were his attacks upon the king, that the ministry silenced him with a pension of 300 per annum. He was an art critic of taste and penetration far beyond his time; his yearly reviews in verse of the Academy Exhibitions are much the best of his work, and still instructive. Some of his satires are: "Lyric Odes"; "An Epistle to the Reviewers"; "Peeps at St. James"; "Royal Visits"; and "The Lousiad",
By Charles Dudley Warner
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