Wolcot

Wolcot

Wolcot, John, engl. Dichter, Peter Pindar genannt, geb. 1738 zu Dodbrooke, Arzt in London, gest. 14. Jan. 1819 zu Somers-Town, gefürchteter Satiriker. – Biogr. von Reitterer (1900).


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