William Whitehead
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British Poet Laureate and playwright
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Whitehead was an English poet and playwright. He became Poet Laureate in December 1757 after Thomas Gray declined the position. Life The son of a baker, Whitehead was born in Cambridge and through the patronage of Henry Bromley, afterwards Baron Montfort, was admitted to Winchester College aged fourteen.
