Alexandre Pope

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Film_Director
poet
satirist
gptkbp:associatedWith The Scriblerus Club
Augustan_literature
gptkbp:birthDate 1688-05-21
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:London
gptkbp:contribution poetic form
satirical writing
English_literature
gptkbp:criticism politics
society
human nature
gptkbp:deathDate 1744-05-30
gptkbp:education home-schooled
gptkbp:family Catholic_family
gptkbp:famousFor heroic couplets
gptkbp:famousQuote A little learning is a dangerous thing.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast.
The proper study of mankind is man.
To err is human, to forgive divine.
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.
gptkbp:healthcare tuberculosis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alexandre Pope
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:Thomas_Gray
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Wycherley
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkb:John_Dryden
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy influence on later poets
study in schools
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWork An Essay on Man
The Dunciad
The Rape of the Lock
An Essay on Criticism
gptkbp:occupation translator
writer
gptkbp:posthumousRecognition honored in literature
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Twickenham
gptkbp:style satire
neoclassical