Author:William Lauder

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William Lauder
(c. 1710 – c. 1771)

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Scottish scholar and literary forger, who published a work, which was subsequently shown to be a fraud, 'proving' that John Milton plagiarised multiple other authors in "Paradise Lost".

Works

A Poem of Hugo Grotius on the Holy Sacrament, translated into English Verse (1732)
Poetarum Scotorum Musæ Sacræ (1739), in 2 vols.
Calumny Display'd, or Pseudo-Philo-Buchananus couch'd of a Cataract, being a modest and impartial Reply to an impudent and malicious Libel (1741)
Calumny Display'd, parts ii and iii (1741)
An Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns in his "Paradise Lost" (1750)
A Letter to the Reverend Mr. Douglas, occasioned by his Vindication of Milton (1751)
Apology for Mr. Lauder in a Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1751)
Delectus Auctorum Sacrorum Miltono facem prælucentium (1752–3), in 2 vols.
King Charles I Vindicated from the Charge of Plagiarism brought against him by Milton, and Milton himself Convicted of Forgery (1754)

Works about Lauder

"Lauder, William (d.1771)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Lauder, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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