The Resume

(1652-July 30, 1715)
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Wrote the plays ‘Brutus of Alba’ (1678) and ‘The Loyal General’ (1679)
Poet laureate (1692-1715)

Why he might be annoying:

After his original plays failed, he specialized in adapting Elizabethan dramas.
He wrote a happy ending for ‘King Lear’ in which Cordelia and Edgar marry.
He feuded with Alexander Pope.
He died while on the run from his creditors.

Why he might not be annoying:

He wrote the Christmas hymn ‘While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.’
He wrote the libretto for Henry Purcell’s opera ‘Dido and Aeneas.’
He collaborated with John Dryden on the second half of his epic poem ‘Absalom and Achitophel.’

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 03]
• Don't Look at Me, I'm Not in My Profile Picture
• I Attended Trinity College [Dublin, Ireland]
• I Died in Debt
• Poets Laureate of Great Britain (Ranked: 3)
• Profiles 20001-20250 (Ranked: 20148)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 61 Votes: 67.21% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 22 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 55 Votes: 63.64% Annoying