biography
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| lived:
| (1754–1832)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, E England, UK. He trained as a surgeon, but turned to literature. He was ordained in 1782, and held livings in Suffolk and Wiltshire. His best-known work from this early period is The Village (1783), a realistic portrait of rural life. He then wrote nothing for over 20 years. His later narrative poems include The Parish Register (1807), The Borough (1810), and other volumes of Tales. |
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