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Winthrop Praed
(26 Jul 1802 - 15 Jul 1839)
English politician who died young, at age 37, from tuberculosis, but is remembered for a collection of light, witty verses, some with biting satire. He was elected to Parliament in 1830, and was secretary to the Board of Control (1834-35).
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Science Quotes by Winthrop Praed (1)
Of science and logic he chatters,
As fine and as fast as he can;
Though I am no judge of such matters,
I’m sure he’s a talented man.
As fine and as fast as he can;
Though I am no judge of such matters,
I’m sure he’s a talented man.
— Winthrop Praed
'The Talented Man.' In Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Ferris Greenslet, The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1909), 122.
by - 1909
