Richard Steere (author)

For other people named Richard Steere, see Richard Steere (disambiguation).

Richard Steere (1643[1] – 1721) was a colonial American merchant and poet.[2]

Steere was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England, probably in 1643.[3] He is known for his book of poetry A Monumental Memorial of Marine Mercy and The Daniel Catcher (1713), an anti-Catholic answer to 's Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden.

References

  1. ↑ Wharton, Donald P. (1979) Richard Steere: Colonial merchant poet. Issue 44 of Pennsylvania State University studies. Pennsylvania State University Press
  2. ↑ Richardson, Robert D. (1999). Three centuries of American poetry, 1620-1923. Random House Digital, Inc., ISBN 978-0-553-37518-3
  3. ↑ Wharton, Donald P. (1979) Richard Steere: Colonial merchant poet. Issue 44 of Pennsylvania State University studies. Pennsylvania State University Press


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