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William Barnes
English writer, clergyman and philologist (1801–1886) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath,[1] writer, poet, philologist,[2] priest, mathematician,[3] engraving artist[4] and inventor.[3] He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages.[1] A linguistic purist,[5] Barnes strongly advocated against borrowing foreign words into English, and instead supported the use and proliferation of "strong old Anglo-Saxon speech".[6]
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Born | (1801-02-22)22 February 1801 Bagber, Dorset, England |
Died | 7 October 1886(1886-10-07) (aged 85) Winterborne Came, Dorset, England |
Buried | St Peter's Church, Winterborne Came, Dorset, England |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
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Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
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