Значение слова CREECH в Литературной энциклопедии

CREECH

THOMAS (1659-1700).-Translator, _b._ near Sherborne, _ed._ at Oxf., became Head Master of Sherborne School. He translated _Lucretius_ in verse (1682), for which he received a Fellowship at Oxf., also Horace, Theocritus, and other classics. Owing to a disappointment in love and pecuniary difficulties he hanged himself.

Литературная энциклопедия.