Life
1781-1848; son of Hugh Macauley Boyd (1746-1794); ed. Cambridge, classics;
tutor to Elizabeth Barrett Browning; became blind; wrote several poetical
works including Translations from the Greek (1814), A Malvern
Tale (1827), and Thoughts on an Illustrious Exile (1825), as
well as Luceria (1806), a verse tragedy. ODNB
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