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William Barnes - Wikipedia William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, [1] writer, poet, philologist, [2] priest, mathematician, [3] engraving artist [4] and inventor [3] He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages [1]
William Barnes | Victorian Poet, Rural Life, Dialect Poetry | Britannica William Barnes was an English dialect poet whose work gives a vivid picture of the life and labour of rural southwestern England and includes some moving expressions of loss and grief, such as “The Wife A-Lost” and “Woak Hill ” He was also a gifted philologist, and his linguistic theories as well
William Barnes | The Poetry Foundation Multitalented poet and autodidact William Barnes was born in Rushay, Dorset, in southern England He worked as a clerk and a schoolmaster before earning a bachelor of divinity from Cambridge and becoming an ordained minister in the Church of England He was a strong supporter of the Dorset dialect
William Barnes: Poet of the Dorset Dialect - Poem Analysis William Barnes was a multi-talented 19th-century English poet, polymath, writer, and priest He also had specialties in philology, engraving, mathematics, and inventing, alongside being able to communicate in multiple languages
William Barnes - Best Poems William Barnes was an english poet and writer He is best-known for his Dorset dialect poems Barnes's poems are characterised by a singular sweetness and tenderness of feeling, deep insight into humble country life and character, and an exquisite feeling for local scenery
William Barnes, The Dorset Poet This was William Barnes, the Dorset poet, a genius whom few recognised at that time, a man who lived m the past and the future rather than in the present, an immortal who vas known then merely as "old Barnes of the school in South Street ”
William Barnes - Victorian Literature - Oxford Bibliographies A writer of exceptionally diverse interests and enthusiasms, William Barnes (b 1801–d 1886) is now best known as a dialect poet and philologist Barnes spent almost all of his life in his native Dorset, where he worked as a solicitor’s clerk and later as a schoolmaster before being appointed rector of the parish of Winterborne Came in 1862
8 Must-Read William Barnes Poems - Poem Analysis William Barnes was an English poet, mathematician, inventor, and polymath Throughout his career, he wrote over 800 poems in the Dorset dialect as well as several other literary works He is remembered for utilizing non-English words in primarily English poetry