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1 de sept. de 2015 · William Cobbett has the pen of a ready writer, and a grasp of hard facts withal. Hence arises a “little pamphlet:” a little pamphlet, published in respectable octavo form, by a highly respectable house; addressed to the aristocratic and well-to-do section of society, and published at their very doors.
The William Cobbett Society was founded in 1976 to bring together those who have an interest in the life and writings of William Cobbett. A passionate defender of insulin plant and the freedom of the press Cobbett was prepared to defend it at the cost of imprisonment and exile. 'He is not only unquestionably the most powerful political writer ...
William Cobbett (1763-1835), Journalist, agriculturalist and politician; MP for Oldham. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 57 portraits A political journalist and farmer, Cobbett was one of the most influential radicals in the decades before the Reform Act (1832).
William Cobbett was born on March 9, 1763, into the “Old England” of the picture books. His father, George Cobbett, was a farmer and publican in the quiet Surrey village of Farnham, forty ...
William Cobbett, 1763-1835. English free-lance journalist, pamphleteer, historian and political reformer. The son of a small farmer and innkeeper in Farnham, Surrey. Of humble background, William Cobbett had few prospects in his youth. By chance, Cobbett found work as a copy clerk in London in early 1783, but abandoned it a few months later to ...
22 de oct. de 2021 · In this film made with and for Farnham Museum we explore the life and works for William Cobbett. Born in 1763 in Farnham, Cobbett became one of the leading r...
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2 de mar. de 2009 · William Cobbett was born in Farnham, but settled in Botley in 1805 where he combined his career as a political journalist with farming and family life, bringing up his large brood of seven ...
