Thomas Cooper (poet)
English poet, novelist and Chartist, 1805–1892 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Cooper (20 March 1805 – 15 July 1892) was an English poet and a leading Chartist. His prison rhyme the Purgatory of Suicides (1845) runs to 944 stanzas. He also wrote novels and in later life religious texts. He was self-educated and worked as a shoemaker, then a preacher, a schoolmaster and a journalist, before taking up Chartism in 1840. He was seen as a passionate, determined and fiery man.
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Thomas Cooper | |
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Born | (1805-03-20)20 March 1805 Leicester, England |
Died | 12 July 1892(1892-07-12) (aged 87) Lincoln, England |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Genre | Poetry |
Literary movement | Chartism |
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