ALEXANDER POPE (1763-1835)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V22,
Page 87
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:ALEXANDER See also:POPE (1763-1835)
, Irish actor and painter, was See also:born in See also:Cork, and was educated to follow his See also:father's profession of See also:miniature See also:painting
.
He continued to paint miniatures and exhibit them at the Royal See also:Academy as See also:late as 1821; but at an See also:early date he took the See also:stage, first appearing in See also:London as Oroonoko in 1785 at Covent See also:Garden
.
He remained at this See also:theatre almost continuously for nearly twenty years, then at the Haymarket until his retirement, playing leading parts, chiefly tragic
.
He was particularly esteemed as Othello and See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII
.
He died on the 22nd of See also:March 1835
.
See also:Pope was thrice married
.
His first wife, See also:Elizabeth Pope (c
.
1744-1797), a favourite See also:English actress of See also:great versatility, was billed before her See also:marriage as See also:Miss Younge
.
His second wife, Maria See also:Ann Pope (1775-1803), also a popular actress, was a member of an Irish See also:family named See also:Campion
.
His third wife, See also:Clara Maria Pope (d
.
1838), was the widow of the artist See also:Francis See also:Wheatley, and herself a skilful painter of figures and of See also:flowers
.
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