Surname: Colling Forename(s): Mary Maria b. 20 August 1804. d. 6 August 1853. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Working-class poet. Born in Tavistock, Devon. Educated at a dame school and a Free
School. Worked as a domestic servant and weaver in Tavistock. Author of Fables and other Pieces in Verse (1831), a publication by subscription organized by the novelist Eliza Bray. Biographical
information: Orlando. (AC)