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William King

1663 – 1712

Poet, miscellaneous writer, and satirist associated with the early Tory and High Church party.

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King is best known for his humorous, mocking, and burlesque literary works, as well as his close associations with famous contemporaries like Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. His works were often republished during the American controversy as a constitutional source.

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