William Combe
1742–1823
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- poet
William Combe (25 March 1742 â 19 June 1823) was a British miscellaneous writer.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- King's Bench PrisonDates unknown
Biography
William Combe (25 March 1742 â 19 June 1823) was a British miscellaneous writer. His early life was that of an adventurer; his later life was passed chiefly within the "rules" of the King's Bench Prison. He is most notable as the author of The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax, a comic poem, illustrated by artist Thomas Rowlandson's colour plates, that satirised William Gilpin. Combe also wrote a series of imaginary letters, supposed to have been written by the second, or "wicked" Lord Lyttelton. Of a similar kind were his letters between Swift and "Stella". He also wrote the letterpress for various illustrated books, and was a general hack.
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