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John Benson Rose

A little-known 19th-century British writer, translator, and legal clerk, he is remembered today mainly through his poetry and public-domain verse. The surviving record is sparse, but it points to a literary life connected with translation as well as original writing.

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Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered)

Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered)

by John Gay, John Benson Rose

About the author

John Benson Rose, also listed as John Benson Coles Rose, was a 19th-century British writer. Reliable catalog and authority records identify him as a British legal clerk and translator, and public-domain poetry collections preserve some of his verse.

The available sources suggest he was born in 1808 and died in November 1873. His work appears to have circulated in literary annuals and similar period publications, which helps explain why he now survives more in archives and library records than in modern biographies.

Very little detailed personal information seems to be readily documented online, so a full life story is hard to confirm. What can be said with confidence is that he left behind a modest but traceable literary footprint, especially in older poetry collections and bibliographic records.