Christopher Pitt (
1699–
1748) was a
British poet and
translator.His translations to English include
Virgil's
Aeneid and
Vida's Art of Poetry.
Pitt was educated at
Winchester College, leaving in 1719 to study at
New College, Oxford. He was also Rector of
Pimperne, near
Blandford Forum in
Dorsetshire, a post given him by a relation, George Pitt, a post which he held for the rest of his life. Pitts translations of the
Aeneid and
Vida's Art of Poetry established his name, while his
Imitations of Horace has been compared to that by
Alexander Pope. In 1727 his work
miscellaneous poems was published. Pitts died in 1748. On his tombstone at Blandford Forum is the inscription:<blockquote>In memory ofCHR. PITT, Clerk, M. A.
Very eminentfor his talents in poetry,
and yet more
for the univcrfal eandour of
his mind, and the primitive
fimplicity of hi» manners.
He lived innocent,
and died beloved
Apr. 13. 1748.
aged 48.
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