Joseph Skipsey
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1832 – 1903
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Who was Joseph Skipsey?
Joseph Skipsey was a Northumberland born poet and songwriter in the middle and late 19th century. His best known work is arguably "The Hartley Calamity" about the Hartley Colliery Disaster, a devastating mining accident in Hartley, Northumberland, England in 1862 in which 220 lives were lost.
He was known as "The Pitman Poet".
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- Born
- Mar 17, 1832
Northumberland - Nationality
- England
- Died
- 1903
Gateshead
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on July 23, 2013
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