Thomas Creech

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Thomas Creech (1659 - 1700), translator, born at Blandford Forum, Dorset educated at Sherborne and Oxford, became Head Master of Sherborne School. He translated Lucretius in verse (1682), for which he received a Fellowship at Oxford, also Manilius, Horace, Theocritus, and other classics. It has been long thought that Mr. Creech hanged himself due to a disappointment in love; however, it is more likely that the suicide was caused by pecuniary difficulties and the culmination of life-long recurring depression.

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.