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Thomas Parnell


 

:This article is about the poet. Thomas Parnell (scientist) started the pitch drop experiment in 1927

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Thomas Parnell (scientist) - Pitch drop experiment

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Thomas Parnell (1679-1718) was a poet, born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a friend of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, contributing to The Spectator, and aiding Pope in his translation of The Iliad.

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1679 - 1718 - Dublin - Trinity College - Cambridge - Alexander Pope - Jonathan Swift - The Spectator - The Iliad

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Pope collected and edited his poems in 1721, and Oliver Goldsmith wrote a biography of him.

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1721 - Oliver Goldsmith

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