Birth date: 
1697
Death date: 
1743
Birth town: 
Country: 
England

Richard Savage's main claim to fame was Samuel Johnson's biography which claimed that he was as illegitimate child descended from a noble line forced into poverty and misery by a mother whose sole aim and purpose in life was his destruction, Savage was a friend of Johnson's but this biography is disbelieved by most scholars and now has been discredited.

Richard Savage wrote two poems; The Bastard (1728) and The Wanderer (1729), and two comedies.

In 1727 he killed a man in a tavern brawl and was sentenced to death but was later pardoned. He died in poverty.

Poems by this Poet

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Poem Post datesort ascending Rating Comments
Epitaph on a Young Lady 5 September 2014
5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
1
Volunteer Laureat, The. A Poem on Her Majesty's Birth-Day, 1731-2 5 September 2014
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
0
Volunteer Laureat, The. A Poem on Her Majesty's Birth-Day, 1735ÔÇô6 5 September 2014
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
0
Volunteer Laureat, The. An Ode on Her Majesty's Birth-Day, 1736-7 5 September 2014
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
0
To Mr. John Dyer, a Painter 5 September 2014
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
0
Epistle to Mr. John Dyer, An 5 September 2014
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
0
Verses to Aaron Hill, Esq. 5 September 2014
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
0
To John Powell, Esq. 5 September 2014
4
Average: 4 (1 vote)
0
Gentleman, The. Addressed to John Joliffe, Esq. 5 September 2014
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
0
The Employment of Beauty 5 September 2014
3
Average: 3 (1 vote)
0

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