Nicholas Brady

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This article refers to the poet; for information about the former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, see Nicholas F. Brady.

Nicholas Brady (October 28, 1659–May 20, 1726), Anglican divine and poet, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. He received his education at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford; but he graduated at Trinity College, Dublin.

He was a zealous promoter of the Revolution and suffered in consequence. When war broke out in Ireland in 1690, Brady, by his influence, thrice prevented the burning of the town of Bandon, after James II had given orders for its destruction; and the same year he was employed by the people of Bandon to lay their grievances before the English parliament. He soon afterward settled in London, where he obtained various preferments. At the time of his death, he held the livings of Clapham and Richmond.

Brady's best-known work is his metrical version of the Psalms, on which Nahum Tate collaborated with him. It was licensed in 1696, and largely ousted the old version of T. Sternbold and J. Hopkins. He also translated Virgil's Aeneid and wrote several smaller poems and dramas, as well as sermons.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.