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William Barnes: The Dorset Poet
William Barnes The Dorset Poet
Author: William Barnes
William Barnes was born in 1801 near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, of a farming family. He learned Greek, Latin and Music, taught himself wood-engraving, and in 1823 became a schoolmaster in Mere. He was deeply interested in grammar and language, and waged a lifelong campaign to rid English of classical and foreign influences. He was ordained in...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780946159178
ISBN-10: 0946159173
Pages: 260
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Publisher: Dovecote Press
Book Type: Paperback
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