Richard Graves (4 May 1715 – 23 November 1804) was an English poet and novelist. Born at Mickleton Manor, Mickleton, Gloucestershire, Graves was a student at Abingdon School and Pembroke College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and rector of Claverton, near Bath, and an enthusiastic collector of poems, a translator, essayist and correspondent. His best-known work is the picaresque novel, The Spiritual Quixote (1773).

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  • Richard Graves (4 May 1715 – 23 November 1804) was an English poet and novelist. Born at Mickleton Manor, Mickleton, Gloucestershire, Graves was a student at Abingdon School and Pembroke College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and rector of Claverton, near Bath, and an enthusiastic collector of poems, a translator, essayist and correspondent. His best-known work is the picaresque novel, The Spiritual Quixote (1773). He served as chaplain to Mary Townshend, Countess Chatham and as private tutor to Prince Hoare and Thomas Malthus. He was a close friend of William Shenstone, lowborn Ralph Allen, and William Warburton He had a son of the same name who was vicar of Great Malvern.
  • Richard Graves, poeta y novelista inglés. Estudió en la escuela de Abingdon y en el Pembroke College de Oxford; fue fellow del All Souls College en Oxford y rector de Claverton, cerca de Bath, así como un entusiasta coleccionista de poemas y traductor, ensayista y corresponsal. Su mejor obra es la novela picaresca The Spiritual Quixote (1773). Sirvió como capellán de Mary Townshend, Condesa de Chatham, y como tutor privado de Thomas Malthus. Fue amigo íntimo de William Shenstone, Ralph Allen y William Warburton.
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  • Richard Graves (4 May 1715 – 23 November 1804) was an English poet and novelist. Born at Mickleton Manor, Mickleton, Gloucestershire, Graves was a student at Abingdon School and Pembroke College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and rector of Claverton, near Bath, and an enthusiastic collector of poems, a translator, essayist and correspondent. His best-known work is the picaresque novel, The Spiritual Quixote (1773).
  • Richard Graves, poeta y novelista inglés. Estudió en la escuela de Abingdon y en el Pembroke College de Oxford; fue fellow del All Souls College en Oxford y rector de Claverton, cerca de Bath, así como un entusiasta coleccionista de poemas y traductor, ensayista y corresponsal. Su mejor obra es la novela picaresca The Spiritual Quixote (1773). Sirvió como capellán de Mary Townshend, Condesa de Chatham, y como tutor privado de Thomas Malthus.
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  • Richard Graves
  • Richard Graves
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