William Pattison
William Pattison (1706–1727) was a short-lived English poet, now mostly remembered for his erotic poems. Pattison was admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1724, but in 1726 left for a literary life in London without taking a degree. He was supported by the London bookseller Edmund Curll, one of Alexander Pope's foes, who printed his collected works in 1728.
William Pattison
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- Name
- William Pattinson
- Born
- 1706
- Died
- 1727 William Pattison (1706–1727) was a short-lived English poet, now mostly remembered for his erotic poems.
- Occupation
- poet
- Education
- Sidney Sussex College
- Languages
- English
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The second volume was Cupid's metamorphoses or, love in all shapes; including a Panegyrick on Cundums.
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• Name — William Pattinson • Born — 1706 • Died — 1727 William Pattison (1706–1727) was a short-lived English poet, now mostly remembered for his erotic poems. Pattison was admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1724, but in 1726 left for a literary life in London without taking a degree. He was supported by the London bookseller Edmund Curll, one of Alexander Pope's foes, who printed his collected works in 1728. The second volume was Cupid's metamorphoses or, love in all shapes; including a Panegyrick on Cundums.
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William Pattison lived from 1706 to 1727 and is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. William Pattison was born in 1706 and died in 1727.
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