Surname: Crowe Forename(s): William b. 1745. d. 9 February 1829. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and Church of England clergyman. Born in Midgham, Berkshire and baptized on 13
October 1745. Educated at New College, Oxford. Rector of Alton Barnes (1787-1829)
and public orator at Oxford (1784-1829). Close friends with poet Samuel Rogers. Author
of poetry volume Lewesdon Hill (1788). Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)