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William Cowper
(1731-1800)
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LOC:    Cowper, William, 1731-1800
NRA:    Cowper, William (1731-1800), poet
DNB:    Cowper, William (1731-1800), poet and letter-writer
LBT ID: WiCowpe1800    VIAF ID: 32009788    LOC ID: n79054741		B/BAP:   1731-11-15
DIED:   1800-04-25
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
English poet, author of Olney Hymns (1779), John Gilpin (1782), and The Task (1785); Cowper's delicate mental health attracted as much sympathy from romantic readers as his letters, edited by William Hayley, did admiration.
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