Robert Bloomfield

(1766-1823)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823 NRA: Bloomfield, Robert (1766-1823) Poet DNB: Bloomfield, Robert (1766-1823), poet LBT ID: RoBloom1823 VIAF ID: 74761131 LOC ID: n50012127	B/BAP: 1766-12-03 DIED: 1823-08-19
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The shoemaker-poet patronized by Capel Lofft; he wrote the very popular The Farmer's Boy (1800).
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Robert Bloomfield: “Barnham Water” in Wild Flowers or, Pastoral and Local Poetry. Found 1. Display Records The Farmer's Boy: a Rural Poem in Four Books. Found 10. Display Records Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs. Found 2. Display Records