William Crowe
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1745 – 1829
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Who was William Crowe?
William Crowe was an English poet, the son of a carpenter and educated as a foundationer at Winchester College. He went to Oxford, where he became Public Orator.
Crowe was a clergyman and Rector of Alton Barnes in Wiltshire. He wrote a smooth, but somewhat conventional poem, Lewesdon Hill in 1789, edited William Collins's Poems in 1828, and lectured on poetry at the Royal Institution. His poems were collected in 1804 and 1827.
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- Born
- 1745
Midgham - Nationality
- England
- Education
- New College, Oxford
- Died
- Feb 9, 1829
Queen Square
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on July 23, 2013
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