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John HooleJohn Hoole (1727 - 1803), translator, son of a watch-maker and inventor, was born in London, and was in the India House, of which he rose to be principal auditor (1744-83). He translated Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered (1763), and Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1773-83), as well as other works from the Italian. He was also the author of three dramas, which failed. He is described by Sir Walter Scott as "a noble transmuter of gold into lead." Hoole, John Hoole, John
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