Rochester Poets is the oldest ongoing literary organization in the upstate New York region. Founded in 1920 as the Rochester, New York, chapter of the...
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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 (O.S.) – 26 July 1680 (O.S.)) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court...
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up Rochester in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rochester may refer to: Rochester, Kent Rochester, Northumberland Rochester, Illinois Rochester, Indiana...
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The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised...
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Edward Fairfax Rochester (often referred to as Mr Rochester) is a character in Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre. The brooding master of Thornfield...
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Athlone, in 1622. Lord Rochester died in 1658 and was succeeded by his son John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. He was a poet, a friend of King Charles...
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The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current...
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Marie Howe (redirect from Marie Howe (Author, Poet))
Marie Howe (born 1950 Rochester, New York) is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is Magdalene (W.W. Norton, 2017). In August 2012 she...
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Frank Judge (category Writers from Rochester, New York)
among the first poets inducted into the Rochester Poets Walk, a walk of fame in the sidewalk along University Avenue in front of Rochester's Memorial Art...
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Thomas Thackeray Swinburne (category Writers from Rochester, New York)
1865 – December 17, 1926) was an American poet from Rochester, New York. He has been called "Rochester's poet laureate" He wrote a number of books of verse...
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Lord Rochester may refer to: Earl of Rochester Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester (1612–1658), English soldier John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647–1680)...
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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–81), alternatively known by the shorter title Lives of the Poets, is a work by Samuel Johnson comprising...
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Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. The cathedral is the mother...
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court poet to Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Poets Laureate of Madagascar include Jacques Rabemananjara. Poets Laureate of Malawi include Jack Mapanje. Poets Laureate...
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Rochester Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Rochester Hills is located about 25 miles (40 km)...
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The Medway Poets were founded in Medway, Kent, in 1979. They were an English punk based poetry performance group and later formed the core of the first...
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Ishmael Reed (category 20th-century American poets)
more influenced by poets than by novelists—the Harlem Renaissance poets, the Beat poets, the American surrealist Ted Joans. Poets have to be more attuned...
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Wilmot, Countess of Rochester (née Malet; 1651 – 20 August 1681) was an English heiress and the wife of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, the "libertine"...
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The King's School, Rochester, is a private co-educational all through day and boarding school in Rochester, Kent. It is a cathedral school and, being...
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Barbara Jordan (born 1949) is an American poet and academic. She is a professor of English at University of Rochester, and Plutzik Memorial Series director...
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Mankind" is a satirical poem by the English Restoration poet John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. "A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind" addresses the question...
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internationally notable poets. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Jonathan Aaron (born 1941), US poet Aarudhra (1925–1998)...
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List of poetry groups and movements (category Lists of poets)
self-identified by the poets that form them or defined by critics who see unifying characteristics of a body of work by more than one poet. To be a 'school'...
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Rise of Rock and Roll. Da Capo Press. pp. 104–5. ISBN 9780306806834. "Rochester Poet On Top 40". Therefrigerator.net. Retrieved 2015-08-18. "'Alley-Oop'...
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is an arboretum in Rochester, New York, United States. Its administrative office is located at 171 Reservoir Avenue in Rochester. The park is one of...
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Times. p. B7. Poets, Academy of American. "Marie Howe". Poets.org. Retrieved 2023-10-09. "New House Sergeant at Arms is from Rochester". 11 January 2021...
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2nd Earl of Rochester can refer to: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647 – 1680), English Libertine poet Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon and 2nd...
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rochester.edu. University of Rochester. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2022. "Hyam Plutzik". poets.org. Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 16 April 2022...
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James Lavilla-Havelin (category Writers from Rochester, New York)
Education departments of the University of Rochester, the Writer's Forum at SUNY Brockport, and Rochester Poets, of which he was member. After several years...
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Billy Childish (redirect from Vermin Poets)
misunderstood, figures on the British art scene". He is a visiting lecturer at Rochester Independent College. In July 2014 Childish was awarded an honorary Doctor...
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