William Atkinson (poet)

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William Atkinson (1757–1846), was an English cleric, academic, poet and pamphleteer.

Life

He was born at

Macclesfield Grammar School, and his wife Jane Johnson; Miles Atkinson was an elder brother.[1] He was admitted a sizar of Jesus College, Cambridge, 29 December 1775, graduating B.A. in 1780. He was elected a Fellow of his college, and proceeded to the degree of M.A. in 1783.[2]

Having taken

Warham All Saints, in Norfolk
. He died at Thorpe Arch 30 September 1846.

Works

Atkinson published a small volume of Poetical Essays, Leeds, 1786, which was sarcastically reviewed by "Trim" (Edward Baldwyn), in A Critique on the Poetical Essays of the Rev. William Atkinson, London, 1787. Baldwyn, headmaster of Bradford Grammar School, resented Atkinson's appointment as lecturer.[3][1] "Trim" published a further pamphlet, descending to personal abuse, A Congratulatory Letter to the Rev. William Atkinson, M.A., Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, on his appearance in the character of a printer, with remarks on the several papers that have issued from his press, London, 1790, replying to some self-published pamphlets by Atkinson.[3][1]

Becoming a controversialist, Atkinson engaged in polemics also with the nonconformist

Edward Parsons (1762–1833), in 1801–2. He published 25 pamphlets, and a periodical The Looking Glass"[4]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/861. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ "Atkinson, William (ATKN775W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ a b Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Atkinson, William (1757-1846)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21453. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Atkinson, William (1757-1846)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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