William Barnes

William Barnes was born in 1801 near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, of a farming family. He learned Greek, Latin and Music, taught himself wood-engraving, and in 1823 became a schoolmaster in Mere. Among his best-known books of poetry are "Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect" (1844) and "Hwomely Rhymes" (1859).

• | By (Author): Sir Andrew Motion
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Apr 05, 2007
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 144 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0571236650
• | ISBN-13: 9780571236657