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Person: COWPER, William  (1731-1800)

Biographical summary of this person
Full name
William COWPER
Gender
male
Relevance of this person
poet; author of poems and lyrics used with slide sets
Main period of activity
N/A
Other internet resources
Chronology
Date
Age
Event/activity
15 November 1731
born at
25 April 1800
68
died at
Texts linked to this person
Hymns (4)

William Cowper, God moves in a mysterious way (1774)

William Cowper and John B. Dykes, ‘Hark, my soul, it is the Lord’ in several compilations

William Cowper (arr. Lowell Mason), There is a fountain filled with blood (1773)

William Cowper, What various hindrances we meet (1779)


Poems (5)

William Cowper, ‘Androcles and the lion’ in several compilations

William Cowper, ‘The diverting history of John Gilpin’ in several compilations

William Cowper, ‘John Gilpin’ in several compilations

William Cowper, ‘John Gilpin’ (London: W. Butcher & Sons, n.d.)

William Cowper, ‘Johnny Gilpin’ in several compilations

Slide set reference

minor subject of: An hour with some popular poets (lecture: York & Son, 50 slides, 1897)

Reference
W.A. Eaton (compiler), An hour with some popular poets (London: York & Son, 1897)
Lucerna ID  6001779

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 22 February 2021

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