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Bill Barnes (Pulp)
William Barnes (1801–1886) was an English writer, poet, minister, and philologist. William or Bill Barnes may also refer to: Sports * William Barnes (boxer), Irish Olympic boxer * William F. Barnes (1917–2009), American football coach * William Barnes (sport shooter) (1876–1925), Canadian Olympic sport shooter * Bill Barnes (pitcher) (1919–1996), Negro league baseball player * Bill Barnes (center fielder) (William H. Barnes, 1858–1945), baseball player * Billy Barnes (cricketer) (1852–1899), English cricketer * Bill Barnes (footballer) (born 1939), Scottish footballer Politicians *William Barnes (died 1558), MP for East Grinstead, Marlborough, Taunton and Downton *William Barnes (died 1559), MP for Wigan (UK Parliament constituency), Wigan *William Barnes (labour leader) (1827–1918), New Zealand blacksmith and labour reformer *William D. Barnes (1856–1927), New York politician *William D. Barnes (Florida), Florida Comptroller *William H. Barnes (jurist) (1843–190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barnes
William Barnes (22 February 1801 – 7 October 1886) was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages. A linguistic purist, Barnes strongly advocated against borrowing foreign words into English, and instead supported the use and proliferation of "strong old Anglo-Saxon speech". Life and work Barnes was born in the parish of Bagber, Dorset, to John Barnes, a tenant-farmer in the Vale of Blackmore. The younger Barnes's formal education finished when he was 13 years old. Between 1818 and 1823 he worked in Dorchester, the county town, as a solicitor's clerk, then moved to Mere in neighbouring Wiltshire and opened a school. While he was there he began writing poetry in the Dorset dialect, as well as studying several languages—Italian, Persian, German and French, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
