William Broome

William Broome (c. April 1689 – 16 November 1745) was an English poet and translator. He was born in Haslington, near Crewe, Cheshire and died in Bath.

For the New Zealand clothier and tailor, see William Henry Broome.

William Broome
Born	1689 Haslington, Cheshire
Died	1745 (aged 55–56) Bath, Somerset
Nationality	English
Occupation	poet, translator

Education

He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, entered the Church, and became rector of Sturston in Suffolk, and later Pulham in Norfolk and Eye in Suffolk.

Translations

Broome translated the Iliad in prose along with others, and was employed by Alexander Pope, whom he excelled as a Greek scholar, in translating the Odyssey, of which he Englished the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, and 23rd books, catching the style of his master so exactly as almost to defy identification, and thus annoying him so as to earn a niche in The Dunciad. He also translated the Odes of Anacreon.

He published verses of his own of very moderate poetical merit. He became friendly with a younger poet whom Pope admired, Joseph Thurston.[1]

References

1. ODNB. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Broome, William". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.

External links

• Works by or about William Broome at Internet Archive
• Works by William Broome at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)