George Crabbe
English poet, surgeon, and clergyman (1754-1832)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1754
- Died
- 1832
- Works
- 136
Top works
- The Skull
- Poetical works ... Life
- Readings in Crabbe
- Cullings from Crabbe
- A discourse, read in the chapel at Belvoir castle, after the funeral of His Grace the Duke of Rutland
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1754-12-24
- Active to
- 1832-02-03
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
Works in European collections
12 objects attributed to George Crabbe, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
George Crabbe (/kræb/ KRAB; 24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) was an English poet and clergyman. He is best known for his early use of the realistic narrative form and his descriptions of middle and working-class life and people.
Aged 14, Crabbe was apprenticed to a farmer–apothecary at Wickhambrook, which he resented, spending more time as a farm-hand than training as an apothecary. He returned to work in his father's warehouse, and was then sent to John Page, a surgeon in Woodbridge, who employed him in filling prescriptions and compounding medicines.
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