Hayley, William
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Epithet: of Add MS 34887
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x0002fc
William Hayley (1745-1820), poet, was born at Chichester, West Sussex, on 29 October 1745. He joined Eton in 1757, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1763, and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1766. He published volumes of verse and biographies of John Milton (1794), William Cowper (1803) and George Romney (1809). Hayley died at Felpham, West Sussex, on 12 November 1820. His memoirs were published in 1823, edited by John Johnson.
From the guide to the William Hayley: Letters, 1800-1804, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
Epithet: of Add MS 30262
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x0002fa
Epithet: of Add MS 36540
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x0002fd
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