The Poetry of Alexander Pope: Celebrated enlightenment poet who was also the first person to translate the works of Homer & Virgil into English

His education was affected by the then recent Test Acts, which upheld the status of the Church of England and banned Catholics from teaching. In effect this meant his formal education was over by the age of 12 but Pope was to immerse himself in classical literature and languages and too, in effect, educate himself.

From this age too he also suffered from numerous health problems including Pott's disease, a type of t...