Elizabeth Bentley (writer)

Elizabeth Bentley
Elizabeth Bentley, Genuine Poetical Compositions, on Various Subjects (Norwich, by subscription, 1791)
Born	1767 Norwich, England, UK
Died	1839 (aged 71–72) Norwich, England, UK
Resting place	St Stephen's, Norwich
Occupation	Poet
Nationality	British
Period	1791–1821
Subject	Pastoral, Abolitionism, Animal welfare

Elizabeth Bentley (1767–1839) was an English poet, one of a small wave of British and Irish writers from the labouring classes in the eighteenth century. She was a local poet who was nonetheless engaged with larger political and social issues.