Spenser is an alternative spelling of the British surname Spencer. It may refer to:
Geographical places with the name Spenser:
- Spenser Ecological District in New Zealand
- Spenser Mountains, a range in the northern part of South Island, New Zealand
People with the surname Spenser:
- Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 – 1599), English poet
- John Spenser (1559–1614), president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
People with the given name Spenser:
- Spenser St. John (19th century), Haitian diplomat
- Spenser Wilkinson (1853–1937), British military writer
In popular culture:
- Spenser (character), a fictional private investigator
- Spenser: For Hire, a mystery television series
- Spenser: Small Vices, a television film
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Famous quotes containing the word spenser:
“Eftsoones the Nymphes, which now had Flowers their fill,
Ran all in haste, to see that silver brood,
As they came floating on the Christal Flood,”
—Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
“Lyke as a huntsman after weary chace,
Seeing the game from him escapt away,
Sits downe to rest him in some shady place,”
—Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)
“Shepheards delights he dooth them all forsweare,
Hys pleasaunt pipe, whych made us meriment,
He wylfully hath broke, and doth forbeare,
His wonted songs, wherein he all outwent.”
—Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)