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
Displaying 41 - 50 of 52
| Poem |
Post date |
Rating | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Laureat, The. An Ode on Her Majesty's Birth-Day, 1736-7 | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| To Mr. John Dyer, a Painter | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Epistle to Mr. John Dyer, An | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Verses to Aaron Hill, Esq. | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| To John Powell, Esq. | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Gentleman, The. Addressed to John Joliffe, Esq. | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| The Employment of Beauty | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| On False Historians | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| On the Recovery of a Lady of Quality | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |
| Verses Occasioned by the Right Hon. the Lady Viscountess Tyrconnel's Recovery at Bath | 5 September 2014 |
(1 vote) |
0 |