A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Fawkes, Francis

by John William Cousin

Fawkes, Francis (1721-1777).—Poet and translator, b. near Doncaster, and ed. at Camb., after which he took orders. He translated Anacreon, Sappho, and other classics, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin Douglas, and was the author of the well-known song, The Brown Jug, and of two poems, Bramham Park and Partridge Shooting.

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