John Clare

John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. He was the son of a farm labourer. He was known for his poems about the English countryside.

John Clare
Born	13 July 1793 Helpston, Northamptonshire, England
Died	20 May 1664 Northampton, England
Nationality	English
Occupation	Poet
Known for	Rural poetry

His biographer Jonathan Bate states that Clare was "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self."^[1]