Retrato de Edwin Waugh
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Autor

Edwin Waugh

1817–1890

Nacimiento
1817
Muerte
1890
Ocupación
Poeta y escritor

Vida y obra

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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. While still a young man he worked as a journeyman printer, travelling all over Britain, but eventually returned to his old job in Rochdale.

Waugh read eagerly, and in 1847 became assistant secretary to the Lancashire Public School Association and went to work in Manchester. In Manchester he started publishing descriptions of rural rambles, and the reception of his works encouraged him to persevere. By 1860 he was able to become a full-time writer; but in 1881 he was in poor health and was granted a Civil List pension of £90 p.a.

Death and legacy

Waugh died at his home in New Brighton, Cheshire, in 1890 and was buried in St Paul's churchyard on Kersal Moor. Waugh's Well was built in 1866 to commemorate him at Foe Edge Farm, on the moors above Edenfield, Rossendale where he spent much time writing. Foe Edge, was demolished by the North West Water Authority in the mid-1970s and no trace remains of the building. There is a monument in Broadfield Park, Rochdale which commemorates Margaret Rebecca Lahee, Oliver Ormerod, John Trafford Clegg and Edwin Waugh.

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Libros de Edwin Waugh

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