'Verses written on the . . . Day of . . . in the year . . .': a poem by George Crabbe; after 1807. Autograph fair copy, entitled as above, written on both sides of an octavo leaf of white laid paper, and on one side only of another, conjoined, leaf. ... Unspecified
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Crabbe, George
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George Crabbe (1754-1832), poet, was born at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on 24 December 1754, and was mostly self-taught. He was employed in a warehouse on the quay at Slaughden until 1768, before working as a servant for country doctors, 1768-1775. He published verses between 1772 and 1775, and studied botany and surgery, practising the latter at Aldeburgh. He was ordained deacon in 1781, and became Curate of Aldeburgh in that year. He was Chaplain to the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir, 1782-1785, and was ...