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)