Nicholas Rowe (1674 - 1718)

Born 20 Jun 1674 in Little Barford, Bedfordshire, England

Died 6 Dec 1718 at age 44 in Westminster, London, England

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Biography

Nicholas Rowe is Notable.

baptised 30 June 1674 Little Barford

parents: John and Elizabeth

Poet Laureate in 1715

buried in Westminster Abbey

The inscription on his tomb reads as follows:
To the Memory of NICHOLAS ROWE Esq: who died in 1718 Aged 45, And of Charlotte his only daughter the wife of Henry Fane Esq; who, inheriting her Father’s Spirit, and Amiable in her own Innocence & Beauty, died in the 22nd year of her age 1739.

Thy Reliques, Rowe, to this sad Shrine we trust, and near thy Shakespear place thy honour’d Bust, Oh next him skill’ed to draw the tender Tear, For never Heart felt Passion more sincere: To nobler sentiment to fire the Brave. For never Briton more disdain’d a Slave: Peace to the gentle Shade, and endless Rest, Blest in thy Genius, in thy love too blest; And blest, that timely from Our Scene remov’d Thy Soul enjoys that Liberty it lov’d.

To these, so mourn’d in Death, so lov’d in Life! The childless Parent & the widow’d wife With tears inscribes this monument Stone, That holds their Ashes & expects her own.

Bibliography

• Poems
  • A Poem upon the Late Glorious Successes of Her Majesty's Arms (1707)
  • Poems on Several Occasions (1714)
  • Maecenas. Verses occasion'd by the honours conferr'd on the Right
  • Honourable Earl of Halifax (1714)
  • Ode for the New Year MDCCXVI (1716)
• Original plays
  • The Ambitious Stepmother (1700)
  • Tamerlane (1702)
  • The Biter (1705)
  • Ulysses (1705)
  • The Royal Convert (1707)
  • The Tragedy of Jane Shore (1714)
  • Lady Jane Grey (1715)
• Adaptations and translations
  • The Fair Penitent (1702/3), an adaptation of Massinger and Field's The ** Fatal Dowry
  • Lucan (1718), a paraphrase of the Pharsalia
  • Callipaedia (date unknown), translation of Claude Quillet
• Edited works
  • The Works of William Shakespear (London: Jacob Tonson, 1709), first modern edition of the plays.
• Miscellaneous works
  • Memoir of Boileau (date unknown), prefixed to translation of Lutrin
  • Some Account of the Life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear

Sources

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V52P-XLY : 11 February 2018, Nicholas Row, 30 Jun 1674); citing LITTLE BARFORD,BEDFORD,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 599,349.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-FFFZ : 13 December 2015), Nicholas Rowe, 1718; Burial, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England, Westminster Abbey; citing record ID 102821611, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See Also:

• Nicholas Rowe on Wikipedia