Ambrose Philips
Ambrose Philips was an English poet and politician. He feuded with other poets of his time, resulting in Henry Carey bestowing the nickname "Namby-Pamby" upon him, which came to mean affected, weak, and maudlin speech or verse.
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- Shrewsbury
- Educated at
- St John's CollegeShrewsbury School
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1674
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Birth1749
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