John Fitchett (poet)
John Fitchett (21 September 1776 – 20 October 1838) was an English poet.
Early life and education
Fitchett was the son of a wine merchant at Liverpool. His parents both died before he reached the age of ten, and Fitchett was moved to
Career
In 1793 he was
Fitchett died unmarried at Warrington on 20 October 1838, and was buried at Winwick Church. His library was left to his nephew John Fitchett Marsh, and was later sold after his death, at Sotheby's, London, 12–13 May 1882.[1]
Works
His first published work, Bewsey, a Poem, written at the age of eighteen, had considerable success. He wrote many fugitive pieces, which were collected and printed at Warrington in 1836, under the title of Minor Poems, composed at various Times.
King Alfred
The
See also
References
- ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 19. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 85.
- ^ Frank, Roberta (2003). "The Search for the Anglo-Saxon Oral Poet [1992 Northcote Toller Lecture]". In D. G. Scragg (ed.). Textual and material culture in Anglo-Saxon England: Thomas Northcote Toller and the Toller Memorial Lectures. DS Brewer. pp. 138–160.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Fitchett, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.