1749
Ambrose Philips, English poet and politician (born 1674)
Ambrose Philips, English poet and politician (born 1674)
Ambrose Philips, English poet and politician (born 1674)
Ambrose Philips
17th/18th-century English poet and politician
- Died
- 1749
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.