Ambrose Philips
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Anglo-Irish poet and politician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ambrose Philips was an English poet and politician. He feuded with other poets of his time, resulting in Henry Carey bestowing the nickname "Namby-Pamby" upon him, which came to mean affected, weak, and maudlin speech or verse.
