Samuel Croxall

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Croxall (c.1690 - 1752) was an Anglican churchman, writer and translator, particularly noted for his edition of Aesop's Fables. Samuel Croxall was born in Walton on Thames, where his father (also called Samuel) was vicar. He was educated at Eton and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. in 1711 and entered holy orders. Soon after graduating he began to emerge as a political pamphleteer, taking the Whig side on the question of the Hanoverian succession. In 1713 he published An original original canto of Spencer: design'd as part of his Faerie Queene, but never printed, followed next year by Another original canto of Spencer.