William Crowe (poet)
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William Crowe (1745 – 1829) was a British poet, born in Midgham, Berkshire, England. He was the son of a carpenter and was educated as a foundationer at Winchester. He then proceeded to Oxford, where he became Public Orator. He wrote a smooth, but somewhat conventional poem, Lewesdon Hill in 1789, edited Collins's Poems in 1828, and lectured on poetry at the Royal Institution. His poems were collected in 1827. Crowe was a clergyman and Rector of Alton Barnes in Wiltshire.
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This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
