Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850

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Name (Latin)
Bowles, William Lisle, 1762-1850
Other forms of name
Bowles, W. L. (William Lisle), 1762-1850
One of the old living poets of Great Britain, 1762-1850
Date of birth
1762-09-24
Date of death
1850-04-07
Associated country
Great Britain
Occupation
Clergy
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 696177
Wikidata: Q5584023
Library of congress: n 50042857
Sources of Information
  • Oxford dictionary of national biography WWW site, Apr. 21, 2017(Bowles, William Lisle; born 24 September 1762, Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire, died 7 April 1850, Salisbury; Church of England clergyman and poet; published a ten-volume edition of the work of Alexander Pope in 1806; canon residentiary at Salisbury Cathedral)
  • Sonnets, 1794:title page (Rev. W.L. Bowles, A.M., late of Trinity College, Oxford)
  • His Observations on the poetical character of Pope, 1820-21.
  • His St. John in Patmos, 1832:t.p. (One of the old living poets of Great Britain) [Info. from CU]