Surname: Withers Forename(s): James Reynolds b. 24 May 1812. d. 26 January 1892. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Rural class poet, market gardener, farm labrourer, shoemaker. Born in Weston Colville,
Cambridgeshire. Father was a shoemaker. Rudimentally educated at home by his mother.
Married Sarah Barton on 10 February 1838. Publications include Poems Upon Various Subjects (1854, 1856, 1861, 1864), Rustic Songs and Wayside Musings (1867), Poems (1869), and Fairy Revels (1901). Received grants from the Royal Literary Fund. Biographical informastion:
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