Cobbett, William
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Cobbett, William (1763–1835). Radical journalist whose
Political Register (1802–35) was the most influential radical paper of its time. Week after week Cobbett thundered against the political system (‘Old Corruption’). Born and raised on a Surrey farm, Cobbett enlisted in 1784, served in Nova Scotia, and was promoted serjeant‐major. On returning to England in 1791 he tried unsuccessfully to expose financial corruption in the regiment, and had to flee to France and then to America. In Philadelphia (1792–9) Cobbett patriotically defended Great Britain, and when he returned to England in 1800 was welcomed as a Tory supporter. However, he soon became disenchanted with what he called ‘The System’ and from 1806 demanded parliamentary reform. Sentenced in 1810 to two years in Newgate gaol for seditious libel, Cobbett was henceforth regarded as a dangerous radical, and when habeas corpus was suspended in 1817 he fled to America. On his return home in 1819 he resumed farming and also wrote some of his finest pieces, published as
Rural Rides. He was MP for Oldham in the reformed Parliament of 1833.
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Leonora Nattrass, William Cobbett: The Politics of Style.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Nineteenth-Century Prose; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; Leonora Nattrass, William Cobbett: The Politics of Style (Cambridge...articles have been written about William Cobbett, who was almost certainly the...interesting new book entitled William Cobbett: The Politics of Style approaches...
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William Cobbett and Rural Popular Culture.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Dr. Dyck's study of William Cobbett (1763-1835), one...Reform Act of 1832. Cobbett has attracted distinguished...people as diverse as William Hazlitt, Leslie Stephens...and Michael Foot. Cobbett's exotic personality...
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Books: A great Englishman: bold, rebellious, egotistical The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett By Richard Ingrams HARPERCOLLINS pounds 20 pounds 18 (P&P FREE) 08700 798 897
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 7/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...finally MP. For those of us Cobbett fans who have read a couple...and often very funny writer. Cobbett is best known for his book...the view, shared by Ruskin, William Morris, G K Chesterton and...for example, of resurrecting Cobbett's History of the Protestant...
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A champion of little men, a scourge of politicians and a benchmark for journalism . . . the life of William Cobbett
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 6/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF WILLIAM COBBETT BY RICHARD INGRAMS...English journalism, William Cobbett, was a bit of a rogue...rich patrons, such as William Windham, who bankrolled...earlier career. However, Cobbett established, almost...
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Radical rowdies: a public falling-out ended the close political friendship between two leaders of reform in early nineteenth-century Britain. A familiar scenario?(William Cobbett and Henry Hunt)
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...undated letter written by William Cobbett one Monday evening to...New York. The life of William Cobbett is well documented...nineteenth century, the man William Hazlitt called 'a kind...politics of the country'. Cobbett's weekly Political...
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An extraordinary Englishman The campaigning journalist William Cobbett saw life in black and white - now Richard Ingrams has provided the colour, says Noel Malcolm
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 6/19/2005; ; 700+ words
; WHEN WILLIAM COBBETT died in 1835, the obituary in The...however, on which the defence of Cobbett becomes a trickier business. One is...principle no one was safe, least of all William Cobbett.) But there are some other moments...
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Embracing the fog.(THE HOME FORUM)(William Cobbett)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 8/24/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...book titled "Rural Rides," by William Cobbett, one of England's more serious...18th and early 19th centuries. Cobbett, for much of his life, was at...of all investigative reporters. Cobbett's "Rural Rides" grew out of...
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Travel etc: Grand Tours: Follow in the footsteps of William Cobbett
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/15/2001; 465 words
; ...illustrious guests, including Cobbett's contemporary William Thackeray who wrote "Vanity...105-mile marathon worthy of Cobbett himself, from Eastbourne to...through the ages, including in Cobbett's era. Getting there If you...
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Wednesday Book: Following William Cobbett in a Ford Escort Rural Drives: a journey through English housing policy by Will Hatchett (York Publishing Services, pounds 9.95)
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; WHEN WILLIAM Cobbett rode into Brighton from Lewes in 1822, he found the town had spread...So they sent Will Hatchett, then editor of Housing, "to be a William Cobbett on wheels, to go up to Newcastle by the back routes, nailing down...
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Travel etc: Grand Tours: A wet rural ride on St Swithin's Day Adventures in literature from the world's great writers. This week, William Cobbett
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/15/2001; 700+ words
; The radical journalist and politician William Cobbett was born in Farnham, Surrey, in 1762. He spent four...people of these villages were as free in the days of William Rufus as are the people of the present day and that vassalage...
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William Cobbett
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
William Cobbett The English radical journalist and politician William Cobbett (1763-1835) was an advocate of...critic of the new industrial urban age. William Cobbett was born at Farnham, Surrey, on March...
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Cobbett, William
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Cobbett, William (1763–1835). Radical journalist...radical paper of its time. Week after week Cobbett thundered against the political system...Born and raised on a Surrey farm, Cobbett enlisted in 1784, served in Nova Scotia...
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Fogg, (Charles William) Eric
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Fogg, (Charles William) Eric ( b Manchester, 1903; d London, 1939). Eng. composer...Grimm for orch. when he was 15. His Dance Fantasy (1919) won a Cobbett Prize. Joined BBC in Manchester 1924 as accomp. and became ass...
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Windham, William
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Windham, William (1750–1810). Statesman. Educated at Eton and University...unpopular view at the time which cost him his Norwich seat. He assisted Cobbett in founding the Political Register and returned to government at the...
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1783-1815: Communications: Publications
Book article from: American Eras
...x2014; an attack on the arch-Federalist William Cobbett; Carey, The Porcupiniad. A Hudibrastic Poem...the author, 1799) — another attack on Cobbett; William Cobbett, A Bone to Gnaw, for the Democrats; or, Observations...
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