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| Taylor, John, English writer |
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| 1578?1653, English writer. He was a boatman on the Thames and hence is often called the Water Poet. A traveler throughout England and the Continent, he recorded his observations in both poetry and prose. | 1 | | See his works (5 vol., 187078); study by W. Notestein (1956). | 2 |
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