Isaac Hawkins Browne | |
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Born | 21 January 1705 Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire |
Died | 14 February 1760 (aged 55) London, United Kingdom |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | barrister, poet |
Notable work | A Pipe of Tobacco |
Isaac Hawkins Browne FRS (21 January 1705 – 14 February 1760) was an English politician and poet. He is remembered as the author of some clever imitations of contemporary poets Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope on the theme of A Pipe of Tobacco (1736), somewhat analogous to the Rejected Addresses of a later day. He also wrote a Latin poem on the immortality of the soul, De Animi Immortalitate (1754).[1]