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John Moultrie

John Moultrie (December 30, 1799 - December 26, 1874), English poet, was born in London.

He was educated at Eton, and many of his best verses were contributed to the Etonian. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1819, and in 1822 began to reside at the Middle Temple. Three years later be was ordained, and was presented to the living of Rugby by Lord Craven. At Rugby he became intimate with Thomas Arnold, to whom two of his best sonnets are addressed.

He published several volumes of verse during his lifetime, and a complete edition of his poems was published (2 vols, 1876) with a memoir by Derwent Coleridge[?]. They include, amongst much that is dull, some popular pieces, "Godiva," "Three Minstrels," an account of meetings with Wordsworth, Coleridge and Tennyson, "My Brother’s Grave," and some excellent hymns.

This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.



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