Robert Bloomfield | |
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Born | 3 December 1766 Honington, Suffolk |
Died | 19 August 1823 Shefford, Bedfordshire | (aged 56)
Burial place | Campton |
Occupation | Shoemaker, bookseller |
Genre | Rustic descriptive verse |
Notable works | The Farmer's Boy (1800) Rural Tales, Ballads and Songs (1802) |
Robert Bloomfield (3 December 1766 – 19 August 1823) was an English labouring-class poet, whose work is appreciated in the context of other self-educated writers, such as Stephen Duck, Mary Collier and John Clare.