Ambrose Philips (1674-1749) was an English poet and politician, born in Shropshire of a Leicestershire family. His feud with rival poet, Alexander Pope, inspired the invention of the term "namby-pamby", which was supposedly a play on his name. Click here to read more about his life and works in an amusing blog entitled Bourgeois Surrender.
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06/03/2011: Ambrose Philips, minor poet of 18th century England
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