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- Nicholas Rowe - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
(1674-1718). The British poet and dramatist Nicholas Rowe was the first to attempt a critical edition of the works of William Shakespeare. He succeeded Nahum Tate as poet laureate in 1715 and was also the foremost 18th-century English tragic dramatist, doing much to assist the rise of domestic tragedy (in which the main characters were middle class rather than aristocratic).