Word: peregrinus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Jonson, although he did not enjoy the title of Poet Laureate, was the first to occupy the equivalent position. Before him there had been versifier? to the king, for example Gulielmus Peregrinus, versificator regis to Richard Coeur de Lion. Sir William Davenant succeeded Jonson in 1638 in an identical capacity, and it was not until 1670, two years after Sir William's death, that Dryden became the first to hold the official title of Poet Laureate, an appointment that has continued to the present day. Poets Laureate since Dryden: Shadwell, Tate, Rowe, Eusden, Cibber, Whitehead, Warton, Pye, Southey, Wordsworth...
Professor Clifford Herschel Moore '89 will address the Classical Club in the Club Room of the Union tonight at 8 o'clock. The subject of his lecture has been announced as "Latin Exercises in a Greek Class Room". After his talk, the club will read the Peregrinus of Lucian. The meeting will be open to all members of the University...
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