RPO -- Selected Poetry of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839)

Selected Poetry of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802-1839)

from Representative Poetry On-line
Prepared by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto
from 1912 to the present and published by the University of Toronto Press from 1912 to 1967.
RPO Edited by Ian Lancashire
A UTEL (University of Toronto English Library) Edition
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries
© 2009, Ian Lancashire for the Department of English, University of Toronto

Index to poems

Everyday Characters I: The Vicar

Biographical information

Given name: Winthrop Mackworth
Family name: Praed
Birth date: 26 July 1802
Death date: 15 July 1839
Nationality: English
Family relations
father: William Mackworth Praed
wife: Helen Praed (from 1835)
daughter: Elizabeth Lilian Mackworth Praed
daughter: Helen Adeline Mackworth Praed
Languages
English
Latin
Greek
Education
Taught by elder sister
Langley Broom school, near Colnbrook
Eton College: 28 March 1814
Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A.): October 1821 to 1825
Middle Temple: 29 May 1829
Politics: Conservative
Honours
Sir William Browne medal for epigrams: 1822
Sir William Browne medal for Greek ode: 1822
Chancellor's medal for English poem: 1823
College declamation prize: 1823
Sir William Browne medal for Greek ode: 1823
Chancellor's medal for English poem: 1824
Sir William Browne medal for epigrams: 1824
Seatonian prize - poem: 1830
Literary period: Victorian
Occupations
Member of Parliament
Deputy high steward, University of Cambridge
Tutor: 1825
Residence: 35 John Street, Bedford Row, London: 26 July 1802
Cause of death: Consumption
Buried at: Kensal Green
First RPO edition: 1996-2000