Barnes, William (M)

Surname: Barnes
Forename(s): William
b. 22 February 1801. d. 7 October 1886. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet (often writing in the Dorset dialect) and philologist. Father was a farmer. Worked as solicitor’s clerk from age 13, and then as a school teacher from 1823. Married Julia Miles on 9 July 1827. Ordained as a Church of England minister in 1847. Awarded a civil list pension in 1861. Author of poetry volumes including Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect (1844). Biographical information: ODNB. (KH, AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 7
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Woodlands 1856-10 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9793
The Weeping Lady 1856-10 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9794
Jaÿ Apass’d. A Dorsetshire Poem 1864-05 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14282
At the Door. A Dorsetshire Poem 1864-09 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14292
Vrom Hinton. Two Speakers 1864-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14293
The Little Hwomestead 1864-10 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14294
Fellowship 1864-11 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14110