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
- Male
- Citation
- "The Wandering Bard", “Withy Nathaniel,” Amanda's Test Omeka site, accessed March 28, 2024, https://amandafrench.omeka.net/items/show/362.