📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 9 March 1689, #ThomasShadwell was appointed #PoetLaureate, after the previous Laureate, #JohnDryden, a Catholic, refused to swear the oath of allegiance to newly crowned Protestants William III of Orange and Mary II. #Poetry

"And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind."

Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/thomas...

✒️ #ThomasShadwell, English poet and playwright (2nd British Poet Laureate 1689-92), #DOTD 19 November 1692. #Poetry #Literature

🔴 1689 #thomasshadwell appointed second English Poet Laureate by William and Mary after #johndryden refuses to swear oaths of allegiance to the new monarchs

🔴 1776 #adamsmith publishes the influential economics book "The Wealth of Nations"

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📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 9 March 1689, #ThomasShadwell was appointed #PoetLaureate, after the previous Laureate, #JohnDryden, a Catholic, refused to swear the oath of allegiance to newly crowned Protestants William III of Orange and Mary II. #Poetry

"And wit's the noblest frailty of the mind."

Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/thomas...

✒️ #ThomasShadwell, English poet and playwright (2nd British Poet Laureate 1689-92), #DOTD 19 November 1692. #Poetry #Literature