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EVENTS

Joseph Trapp becomes Oxford Professor Of Poetry .

NEW BOOKS

''La Foire de Beaucaire'' - Anne De La Roche-Guilhem

BIRTHS

April 23 - Friedrich Von Hagedorn , German poet

''unknown date'' - Richard Dawes , English classical scholar

''unknown date'' - Thomas Seward , English poet

DEATHS

October 11 - Ehrenfried Walther Von Tschirnhaus , philosopher

October 22 - Hermann Witsius , theologian

''date unknown'' - Johannes Kelpius , polymath

''date unknown'' - Nicolae Milescu , travel writer

''date unknown'' - William Walsh , poet and critic