Samuel Bishop

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Samuel Bishop (1731 - 1795) was a poet born in London, and educated at Merchant Taylor's School and Oxford University. He later became Headmaster of Merchant Taylor's School. His poems on miscellaneous subjects fill two quarto volumes and the best of them are those to his wife and daughter. He also published essays.

This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.