William Broome
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William Broome (c. April 1689 – 16 November 1745) was an English poet and translator. He was born in Bromsgrove, near Birmingham, Cheshire and died in Bath.
Education
He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, entered the Church, and became rector of Sturston and later Pulham in Norfolk and Eye in Suffolk.<ref name="Cousin 1910 p. 48">Template:A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature</ref><ref name="Chisholm 1911 p. 650">Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
Translations
Broome translated the Iliad in prose along with others, and was employed by Alexander Pope, whom he excelled as a Greek scholar, in translating the Odyssey, of which he Englished the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 16th, 18th, and 23rd books, catching the style of his master so exactly as almost to defy identification, and thus annoying him so as to earn a niche in The Dunciad. He also translated the Odes of Anacreon.<ref name="Cousin 1910 p. 48"/><ref name="Chisholm 1911 p. 650"/>
The verses of his own that he published had very moderate poetical merit.<ref name="Cousin 1910 p. 48"/> He became friendly with a younger poet whom Pope admired, Joseph Thurston.<ref>ODNB. Retrieved 16 June 2020.</ref>