Surname: Fawkes Forename(s): Francis b. 1720. d. 26 August 1777. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and translator. Pseudonym: “Eugenio.” Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. Married
Ann Purrier on 24 July 1755. Employed as a curate in Bramham, Yorkshire, then Croydon,
Surrey. Became Rector of Hayes in 1774. Translated from Latin works by Sappho, Anacreon,
and Theocritus. Author of Original Poems and Translations (1761), a collection of translations from modern Latin authors. Friends with Samuel
Johnson. Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)