Nahum Tate

Nahum Tate was an Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Englands poet laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for The History of King Lear, his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeares King Lear.

Nahum Tate was born in Dublin and came from a family of Puritan clergymen. He was the son of Faithful Teate, an Irish clergyman who had been rector of Castleterra, Ballyhaise, until his house was burnt and his family attacked after he had passed on information to the government about plans for the Irish Rebellion of 1641. After living at the provosts lodgings in Trinity College, Dublin, Faithful Teate moved to England the incumbent at East Greenwich around 1650, and preacher of the gospel at Sudbury from 1654 to 1658 before returning to Dublin by 1660. He published a poem on the Trinity entitled Ter Tria, as well as some sermons, two of which he dedicated to Oliver and Henry Cromwell.

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