Rann Kennedy

(1772-1851)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Kennedy, Rann, 1772-1851 DNB: Kennedy, Rann (1772–1851), schoolmaster and poet LBT ID: RaKenne1851 VIAF ID: 21983722 LOC ID: nr00036246	B/BAP: 1772 DIED: 1851-01-03
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Educated at St John's College, Cambridge (where he befriended Coleridge) he was a poet and second master at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and rector of St Paul's, Birmingham.
REFERENCES TO Rann Kennedy: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch X. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 8 Ch XX. 1820-1825 Found 2: ¶ 17 ¶ 19