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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Frere, John Hookham
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English politician and author, born in London, uncle of the preceding; he was a staunch supporter of Pitt, and in 1799 became Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs; a year later he was envoy to Lisbon, and subsequently minister to Spain; in 1821 he retired to Malta, where he devoted himself to scholarly pursuits, twice declining a peerage; in his early days he was a contributor to the Anti-Jacobin , and shares with his school-fellow Canning the authorship of the "Needy Knife-Grinder"; but he is best known by his fine translations of some of Aristophanes' plays (1769-1841).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Frere, John Hookham'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/frere-john-hookham.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Frere, John Hookham'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/frere-john-hookham.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
