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Robert Lowth
1710Nov, 27

Robert Lowth

Robert Lowth, English bishop and academic (d. 1787)
Robert Lowth ( LOWDH; 27 November 1710 – 3 November 1787) was a Bishop of the Church of England, Oxford Professor of Poetry and the author of one of the most influential

textbooks of English grammar.

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