George Crabbe

English poet George Crabbe (1754-1832) is known for the poems The Library (1781), The Village (1782), and The Newspaper (1785). Crabbe started out as a surgeon’s apprentice in 1768. In 1772, Crabbe was awarded a prize from Wheble’s Lady’s Magazine for a poem about hope. Crabbe then studied midwifery, but in 1780, he went to London to write.

Later in life, Crabbe was a clergyman and continued to write. During that time, Crabbe wrote The Parish Register, The Borough, Tales in Verse, and Tales of the Hall.