Colley Cibber

Colley Cibber

male, deceased (1757)
Literary dunce, autobiography, Playwright, poet laureate, stage actor, English Poets Laureate…TheDunciad, Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber was an English playwright, actor, and Poet Laureate. His status as the first in a long line of actor-managers established his...
John Arbuthnot

John Arbuthnot

male, deceased (1735)
Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry, Fellow of the Royal Society, Alumni of the University of St Andrews, Scottish, Arbuthnot family, royal academy of music…Alumni of the University of Aberdeen, TheDunciad
John Arbuthnot, often known simply as Dr. Arbuthnot, ("baptised" 29 April, 1667 - 27 February, 1735), was a physician, satirist and polymath in...
Aaron Hill

Aaron Hill

male, deceased (1750)
Merope, libretto, TheDunciad, Dramatic Works, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Old Westminsters
Aaron Hill (February 10, 1685 - February 8, 1750) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. The son of a country gentleman of Wiltshire,...

John Rich

male, deceased (1761)
Literary dunce, TheDunciad, Beggar's Opera, Literary dunces, Special Effects, harlequin…Dunciad Variorum
John Rich (1692 - 1761) was an important director and theater manager in 18th century London. He opened the New Theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields...
Theophilus Cibber

Theophilus Cibber

male, deceased (1758)
Literary dunce, Literary dunces, actor, English, Playwright, Henry IV, part 2…Dunciad, TheDunciad
Theophilus Cibber (November 26, 1703 - 1758) was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber. Theophilus...

Leonard Welsted

male, deceased (1747)
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, Literary dunce, British Whig Party, whig party, longinus, tory…On the Sublime, TheDunciad, Hymn to the Creator
Leonard Welsted ("baptised" June 3, 1688 - August 1747) was an English poet and "dunce" in Alexander Pope's writings (both in "The Dunciad" and in...
William Duncombe

William Duncombe

male
Literary dunce, Playwright, The Beggar's Opera, Athaliah, TheDunciad, London Journal…The Whitehall Evening Post
William Duncombe (January 19, 1690 - February 26, 1769) was a British author and playwright. He worked in the Navy Office from 1706 until 1725....

James Moore Smythe

male, deceased (1734)
Literary dunce, Literary dunces, fashion, poet, drury lane, dramatist…TheDunciad, The Rival Modes
James Moore Smythe (1702 - 1734) was an English playwright, fop, and wastrel who was born James Moore. His maternal grandfather was George...

George Duckett

male, deceased (1732)
Literary dunce, British Whig Party, member of parliament, homer, satirical, wiltshire…Member of the Parliament of Great Britain, TheDunciad, Dunciad Variorum
George Duckett (February 19, 1684 - October 6, 1732) was a British Member of Parliament (MP), attorney, and literary combatant of Alexander Pope's....
Richard Busby

Richard Busby

male, deceased (1695)
the Restoration, Anglican, Anglican priest, Literary dunce, priest, Commonwealth of England…TheDunciad, The Greater Dunciad
The Rev. Dr Richard Busby (27 September 1606 - 1695) was an English clergyman, and headmaster of Westminster School. His is believed by many to be...