EDWARD

See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• EDWARD MOORE (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

MOORE (1712–1757)  , English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting minister, was born at Abingdon, Berkshire, on the 22nd of March 1712 . He was the author of the domestic tragedy of The Gamester, originally produced in 1753 with Garrick in the leading character of Beverley the gambler . As a poet he produced clever imitations of Gay and Gray, and with the assistance of George, 1st Lord Lyttelton, Lord Chesterfield and Horace Walpole, conducted The World (1753–1757), a weekly periodical on the model of the Rambler . Moore collected his poems under the title of Poems, Fables and Plays in 1756 . He died in Lambeth on the 1st of March 1757 . His Dramatic Works were published in 1788 .