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- Edwin Waugh (1817–1890) was an English poet.
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Edwin Waugh (1817–1890) was an English poet. Life. The son of a shoemaker, Waugh was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England and, after some schooling, was apprenticed to a printer, Thomas Holden, at the age of 12.
Edwin Waugh [1817-1890] was born in Rochdale, England in 1817. His family were working class and even when he managed to raise himself from his impoverished childhood roots he never forgot the life and it formed the background for much of his poetry. Often written in the dialect of the times.
Brief Biography. Edwin Waugh was born on 29th Jan 1817 in a house either next to or on the site of the "The Old Clock Face Inn" in Toad Lane, Rochdale. There is a little bit of controversy about which is the correct version. A plaque marks the site in the shopping centre which now stands on the spot at the junction of Toad Lane and Lord Street.
Waugh is the prince of Lancashire dialect poets. He sings of the moorlands, the breezes of which blow healthy spirits through the characters that people his pages. "In the black profound between, we heard the lake lashing its rocky shore; but nothing of it was visible. The scene was gloomily grand.
Policies and ethics. In the second half of the nineteenth century there was a great upsurge of dialect writing in Lancashire. Stimulated by a strengthening sense of regional identity by the feelings for community consequent on the ‘Cotton Famine’ during the American Civil...
- Brian Hollingworth
- 2013
Sep 21, 2024 · Edwin Waugh (1817 – 1890), poet, son of a shoemaker, was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, and, after a little schooling, apprenticed to a printer. Waugh read eagerly, and became assistant secretary to the Lancashire Public School Association.
Edwin Waugh. Born in Rochdale on January 29, 1817, Edwin Waugh became the undisputed "prince of dialect poets". He started his working career as an aprentice to Thomas Holding, a printer and bookseller. His work in the printing business took Waugh to London, Durham, Wakefield and Manchester.
