Thomas Creech

Thomas Creech (1659 – found dead 19 July 1700) was an English translator of classical works, and headmaster of Sherborne School. Creech translated Lucretius into verse in 1682, for which he received a Fellowship at Oxford. He also produced English versions of Manilius, Horace, Theocritus, and other classics.^[1]

^ Real, Hermann J. (2004). "Creech, Thomas (1659–1700)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6661. Retrieved 23 July 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[1] Real, Hermann J. (2004). "Creech, Thomas (1659–1700)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6661. Retrieved 23 July 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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