CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN English poet, was born in London on Feb. 14, 1717, and died at Twicken ham on Sept. 17, 1802. He was educated at Eton and at St. John's college, Oxford, and went into residence at Lincoln's Inn in 1737. Four years later he married, and went to live at his country seat of Whitminster, Gloucestershire. In 1751 he removed to Twicken ham, where he enjoyed the society of many notable persons. Horace Walpole in his letters makes many jesting allusions to Cambridge in the character of news-monger. His chief work is the Scribleriad (1751), a mock epic poem, the hero of which is the Martinus Scriblerus of Pope, Arbuthnot and Swift.
The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq., including several Pieces never before published, with an Account of his Life and Character by his Son, George Owen Cambridge (1803), includes, besides the Scribleriad, some narrative and satirical poems, and about zo papers originally published in Edward Moore's paper called The World. His poems are included in A. Chalmers's English Poets 0816).