Christopher, an English poet, celebrated for his translation of Virgil's Æneid, was the son of a physician, and was born at Blantyre in the year 1699. Having studied four years at New College, Oxford, he was presented to the living of Pimperne in Dorsetshire, which he held during the remainder of his life. He had so poetical a turn, that whilst he was a school-boy he wrote two large folios of manuscript poems, one of which contained an entire translation of Lucan. He was much esteemed while at the university, particularly by the celebrated Dr Young, who used familiarly to call him his son. Pitt gained very high reputation by his excellent English version of Vida's Art of Poetry. This success animated him to another undertaking demanding much greater ability and judgment. This was his metrical translation of Virgil's Aeneid. He had Dryden as his rival, and he naturally observed his failures and avoided them. On comparing the two versions, that of Dryden leads the reader forward by his general vigour and sprightliness, while that of Pitt frequently stops him to contemplate the excellence of a single couplet; Dryden's faults are forgotten in the hurry of delight, Pitt's beauties are neglected in the languor of a cold and listless perusal. In short, that of Pitt pleases the critics, Dryden the people. He likewise wrote a Miscellany, which appeared in 1727. This amiable poet died in the year 1748, without leaving, it is said, one enemy behind him.