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1716 – He was born on the 26th day of December this year in Corn hill, London, England.
1742 – He is also well known for his statement that “where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise,” from his poem Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
1751 – He wrote Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard , which believed to have been written in the churchyard of Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, has become a lasting contribution to English literary heritage.
1757 – He was offered the post of Poet Laureate, which he refused.
1758 – He succeeded Lawrence Brockett as Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, a sinecure
1771 – He died on the 30th day of July this year in Cambridge, England.
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