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MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 808 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOORE, See also:EDWARD (1712–1757) , See also:English dramatist and See also:miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting See also:minister, was See also:born at See also:Abingdon, See also:Berkshire, on the 22nd of See also:March 1712. He was the author of the domestic tragedy of The Gamester, originally produced in 1753 with See also:Garrick in the leading See also:character of See also:Beverley the gambler. As a poet he produced See also:clever imitations of See also:Gay and See also:Gray, and with the assistance of See also:George, 1st See also:Lord See also:Lyttelton, Lord See also:Chesterfield and See also:Horace See also:Walpole, conducted The See also:World (1753–1757), a weekly periodical on the See also:model of the Rambler. Moore collected his poems under the See also:title of Poems, Fables and Plays in 1756. He died in See also:Lambeth on the 1st of March 1757. His Dramatic See also:Works were published in 1788.

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