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William Cowper

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Gender Male
Death223 years ago
Date of birth November 26,1731
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Berkhamsted
United Kingdom
Date of died April 25,1800
DiedDereham
United Kingdom
ParentsAnn Donne Cowper
Richard Cowper
John Cowper
Job Poet
Education Westminster School
Poems The Task
Awards Fellow of the Royal Society
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID429096

The Task
The Diverting History of John Gilpin
The poems of William Cowper
The task, and other poems
The poetical works of William Cowper
The complete poetical works of William Cowper
The works of William Cowper
Table talk, and other poems
Memoir of the early life of William Cowper, esq
Cowper: poetry and prose
William Cowper
The retired cat
The centenary letters
The unpublished and uncollected poems of William Cowper
Verse and letters
task and selected other poems
The correspondence of William Cowper
Poems, 1782
Letters of William Cowper
A choice of Cowper's verse
Poems
The best letters of William Cowper
The first book of Cowper's The task
Poems;
Cowper's poems, chosen by A. T. Quiller-Couch
The unpublished and uncollected letters of William Cowper
Selections from the poetical works of William Cowper
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William Cowper Life story


William Cowper was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry.

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