Aston was a wanton man throughout his life despite his occupation as a clergyman. His only published work is a sermon, actually written by SJ. He wrote two unpublished volumes of poetry, one comprised of fifty short poems written before his marriage. His plans to publish them in 1737 were criticized by his father. The second volume contains some religious poetry written during the last years of his life.

Although little is known about his background and life, Arnold was a working-class poet. Much of his poetry is patriotic, anti-French, and about social issues.

Like Dr. Arbuthnot, Armstrong was primarily a physician, publishing a number of medical works and some poetry on the side. Unlike Arbuthnot, Armstrong published a medical treatise in verse, as well as an explicit sex manual in blank verse, both of which he claimed hurt his reputation as a physician with the public. Nevertheless, he died relatively wealthy, with an estate reportedly worth ?3000.

Dr. Arbuthnot is best known for his association with the Scriblerus Club. He published a number of prose works regarding medicine, as well as some satirical prose works and fewer poetry.

Arbuckle earned his living as a clerk but published a significant amount of poetry and essays throughout his life. He wrote on politics, philosophy and religion.

A minor literary figure and primarily a horticulturist, but the DNB maintains that Studley-Park is hailed as a "well-informed, eloquently turned contribution to the tradition of local descriptive poetry."

<p>A religious controversialist, Annet published many lectures and prose works arguing against Christianity. In two of these works, Annet uses verse to convey his religious arguments.</p>

Count Algarotti was an Italian poet, scientist, and scholar who was part of high society. He is best known for his work on Newton. He spent a significant amount of his life in England, though he traveled among London, Berlin, and Venice throughout his life. While the DNB characterizes him as a poet, his poetic works are not accessible through ECCO or ESTC, perhaps because they are not in English?

Addison dedicates to the Prince of Wales (my understanding is that dedications were usually undertaken w/ permission), yet he has no status marker attached to his name ("gent.," "esq.," "M.A.") and has left behind no known biographical record.

Adams seems to be a standard whig clergyman-poet in the Youngian mode: he was a career cleric who dedicated Anglican apologetic texts (including his one nondramatic poem, Vera Fides) and classical scholarship to Whigs and Hanoverians like the William, Duke of Cumberland, the second son of George II. Poetry is like drama and sermon in serving as a genre for expressing Anglican theology and piety.