Walter Harte (1709–1774) was an

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poet and historian. He was a friend of

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, Oxford don, canon of Windsor, and vice-principal of

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. The son of the Reverend Walter Harte, a fellow of

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, prebendary of Wells, canon of Bristol, and vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset, the young Harte was educated at

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and St Mary Hall, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1728 and proceeded MA in 1731. In 1750 he was appointed Canon of the third stall at

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, a position he held until 1774.''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

Works

* ''Poems on several occasions'' (1727) *
An essay on reason
'' ; 2nd ed. 1735 *
An essay on satire, particularly on the Duncaid
' (1730) *
Essays on husbandry
'' (1764) *
The amaranth; or, Religious poems
' (1767) *
The history of the life of Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden
' *
The reasonableness and advantage of national humiliations, upon the approach of war
' (1740) * ''The union and harmony of reason, morality, and revealed religion.''

References

External links

Walter Harte
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Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA)

Extensive biography
* * * * 1709 births 1774 deaths British poets Canons of Windsor British male poets {{UK-poet-stub