JOHN WILSON CROKER
\d͡ʒˈɒn wˈɪlsən kɹˈə͡ʊkə], \dʒˈɒn wˈɪlsən kɹˈəʊkə], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n w_ˈɪ_l_s_ə_n k_ɹ_ˈəʊ_k_ə]\
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An Irish miscellaneous writer; born in Galway, Dec. 20, 1780; died at Old Brompton, Aug. 10, 1857. His capacity for satire revealed itself in "An Intercepted Letter from Canton", and his "Songs of Trafalgar" spread his fame as a poet. Macaulay's review of his edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", and his counterblast upon Macaulay's "History of England", are among the celebrities of literary duels. He was a Tory politician of intense fervor, permanently resigning his seat in Parliament because of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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