Withy Nathaniel

Title

Withy Nathaniel

Creator

"The Wandering Bard"

Coverage

Wolverhampton

Birth Date

fl. 1777, 1786

First Name

Nathaniel

Last Name

Withy

Bibliography

Dobell; Poole & Markland, 97-9; Hepburn, II, 484, 555n.

Biographical Text

self-taught protegé of Lord Lyttelton, who gave him a cottage on the Hagley estate; he made mathematical rhymes and sold his versified multiplication tables door-to-door

Publications

Miscellaneous Poems (4th edn, Wolverhampton, 1777, Dobell 2101, BL 11632.aa.52); An Admonition to the Watermen (Worcester, 1786?, BL 11622.c.22(2)); A History of England (Wolverhampton, 1785, BL 16098/4724)
Date Added
September 21, 2012
Collection
Labour Class Poets
Item Type
Person
Tags
Citation
"The Wandering Bard", “Withy Nathaniel,” Amanda's Test Omeka site, accessed March 28, 2024, https://amandafrench.omeka.net/items/show/362.