Richard Steere (author)
American poet
Richard Steere (c. 1643–1721) was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England, probably in 1643. Steere emigrated to the American colonies, probably to Massachusetts.
Poetry
Steere is known for a book of poetry, A Monumental Memorial of Marine Mercy, and for The Daniel Catcher (1713), an anti-Catholic answer to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden. These were published in Boston.
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