ABSTRACT
Matthew Prior (1664-1721) was educated at Westminster School, and with the help of the Earl of Dorset, proceeded to St John's College, Cambridge. He combined his poetical career with a diplomatic one, and, as was apparently his wish, was buried at the feet of Spenser. See W. 1. Godshalk, 'Prior's Copy of Spenser's Works, 1679', Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, LXI (1967), 52-5, for an account of his marginalia.
