Francis Fawkes Biography

Francis Fawkes (1721–1777) was an English poet and translator.

Fawkes was born near Doncaster, and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, after which he took orders.

Fawkes translated Anacreon, Sappho, and other classics, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin Douglas, and was the author of the well-known song, The Brown Jug, and of two poems, Bramham Park and Partridge Shooting. His translation of the Argonautica appeared in 1780.