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John Fraser (poet)

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John Fraser or John Frazer (c.1809–1849) was an Irish poet.

Fraser was born at Birr, King's County, about 1809. He was by occupation a cabinet-maker, but employed his leisure in literary studies. He wrote, under the nom de plume of J. de Dean, a considerable quantity of sentimental and patriotic verse.

He died in Dublin in 1849.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain"Fraser, John (d.1849)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.