Edwin Waugh (1817 - 1890), poet, son of a shoemaker, was born at Rochdale and, after a little schooling, apprenticed to a printer. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Rochdale is a large Market town in Greater Manchester, England

Waugh read eagerly, and became assistant secretary to the Lancashire Public School Association. He first attracted attention by his sketches of Lancashire life and character in the Manchester Examiner. He wrote also in prose Factory Folk, Besom Ben Stories, and The Chimney Corner. His best work was, perhaps, his Lancashire dialect songs, collected as Poems and Songs (1859), which brought him great local fame. Lancashire dialect and accent refers to the vernacular speech in Lancashire, one of the Counties of England. He was possessed of considerable literary gift, and has been called "the Lancashire Burns. " Waugh's Well was built in 1866 to commemorate him at the now derelict Fo' Farm, where he spent much time writing, on the moors above Waterfoot, Rossendale. ^[1] Waugh died in 1890 and was buried in St. Paul's churchyard on Kersal Moor. Kersal Moor is an area of Moorland in Kersal, within the City of Salford, in Greater Manchester, England, consisting of eight ^[2]

This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature is a collection of biographies of writers by John William Cousin (1849-1910 published in 1910 London, J. M. Dent & sons; New York, E. P. Dutton.

See also

• John Collier (caricaturist)

External links

• Works by Edwin Waugh at Project Gutenberg

References

John Collier (18 December 1708 &ndash 14 July 1786 was an English Caricaturist and satirical poet known by the Pseudonym of Tim Bobbin, or Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi

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