b. 9 March 1763. d. 18 June 1835. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Working-class poet, pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer. Pseudonym: “Peter
Porcupine.” Campaigned for parliamentary reform and was a radical. Married Nancy Anne
Reid on 5 February 1792. Started *The Porcupine* daily paper on 30 October 1800, and
founded the weekly periodical *The Political Register* a few months later. Biographical
information: *ODNB*. (JS)