Philip Freneau

Philip Morin Freneau
Born(1752-01-02)January 2, 1752
New York City, British America
DiedDecember 18, 1832(1832-12-18) (aged 80)
Matawan, New Jersey
OccupationPoet, writer, polemicist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCollege of New Jersey (1771)
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Philip Morin Freneau[1] (January 2, 1752 – December 18, 1832) was an American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and early American newspaper editor sometimes called the "Poet of the American Revolution". Through his Philadelphia newspaper, the National Gazette, he was a strong critic of George Washington and a proponent of Jeffersonian policies.

  1. ^ Spelled Phillip Frenau in Oxford's Poetry of Slavery Anthology (2003).

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