EUSDEN, LAURENCE (1688-173o), English poet, son of the Rev. Laurence Eusden, rector of Spofforth, Yorkshire, was baptized on Sept. 6, 1688. He was educated at St. Peter's, York, and at Trinity college, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow. He was made poet laureate in 1718, and became rector of Conings by, Lincolnshire, where he died on Sept. 27, 1730. His name is remembered by the numerous satirical allusions of Pope, e.g., "Know, Eusden thirsts no more for sack or praise; He sleeps among the dull of ancient days." Dunciad, bk. i. ii.