The Resume

(circa 1642-November 19, 1692)
Born in Stanton Hall, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Wrote the plays ‘The Sullen Lovers’ (1668), 'Epsom Wells’ (1672) and ‘The Squire of Alsatia’ (1677)
Poet Laureate (1688-92)

Why he might be annoying:

He left Cambridge University without a degree.
He only became poet laureate because John Dryden was fired for being Catholic.
Dryden called him ‘The King of Dullness.’
He may have died by overdosing on opium.

Why he might not be annoying:

He wrote a play a year for 14 years.
He initiated the tradition of having the Poet Laureate write annual odes for New Year’s and the monarch’s birthday.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 03]
• I Abused Opium
• I Attended Cambridge
• Look at Me, My Picture Is Art
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Playwrights
• Poets Laureate of Great Britain (Ranked: 2)
• Profiles 20001-20250 (Ranked: 20149)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 59 Votes: 77.97% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 45 Votes: 66.67% Annoying