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 date |
Rating |
Comments |
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| Volunteer Laureat, The. A Poem on Her Majesty's Birth-Day, 1734-5 | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| A Poem To The Memory of Mrs. Oldfield | 30 July 2013 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| On the Recovery of a Lady of Quality | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| The Wanderer A Vision Canto V | 31 July 2013 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Sent to Mrs. Bridget Jones, With the Wanderer, a Poem | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Volunteer Laureat, The. For the First of March, 1737-8 | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| An Epistle Of The Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole | 31 July 2013 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Verses Occasioned by the Right Hon. the Lady Viscountess Tyrconnel's Recovery at Bath | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Verses Occasioned By The Right Honourable The Lady Viscountess Tyrconnel's Recovery At Bath | 31 July 2013 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| The Poet's Dependence on a Statesman | 19 May 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |