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18. Apr. 2024 · Samuel Rogers (born July 30, 1763, Stoke Newington, near London—died Dec. 18, 1855, London) was an English poet, best remembered as a witty conversationalist and as a friend of greater poets. Rogers attained eminence with the publication of his popular discursive poem The Pleasures of Memory (1792). On his father’s death (1793 ...
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Writer. Samuel Rogers (30 July 1763 – 18 December 1855) was an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Romantic colleagues and friends Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron.
Samuel Rogers was an English poet who achieved considerable fame during his lifetime. His work is characterized by its polished and elegant style, often focusing on themes of nature, memory, and the passage of time. He was a prominent figure in literary circles, known for his sharp wit and his lavish dinner parties, which were attended by many ...
Although that most scrupulous and exhaustive of Dickens's biographers, Peter Ackroyd, is silent about the poet and art collector Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) as a member of the Dickens Circle, John Forster in his Life (1872-4), Hesketh Pearson (1949), and Fred Kaplan (1988) all mention how the old banker would turn up at various Dickens dinners:
Samuel Rogers can expect from his colleagues little more invited to Rogers' home. One of the most important of than quizzical stares. However, in the period from 1800 these was the Grand Duke of Weimar who, during his visit to 1855, Samuel Rogers himself would have been recog- to England in 1847, asked Lord Rowe to arrange to be
Samuel Rogers was arguably the most widely read poet of the early nineteenth century. He was also a prominent figure in the literary and cultural life of London and owned one...
Author: Biography of Rogers by Samuel Sharpe (British, London 1799–1881 London) Sitter: Samuel Rogers Artist: Rogers portrait after Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, Bristol 1769–1830 London)
