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Cobbett Gold Medal
Cobbett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Hilary Dulcie Cobbett (1885–1976), British artist * William Cobbett (1763–1835), British radical agriculturist and prolific journalist. * Walter Willson Cobbett (1847–1937), British author of ''Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music''. {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Dulcie Cobbett
Hilary Dulcie Cobbett (19 February 1885 – 26 February 1976) was an English watercolour and oil painter. Early life Cobbett was born in Richmond, Surrey, the daughter of William Vines Holt Cobbett, a solicitor, and Kate Cobbett (née Sandilands). She was brought up in Richmond and studied at the Richmond School of Art from 1903 to 1905 and then again from 1924 to 1927. Career In a long professional career Cobbett painted extensively in France, and also in Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, and along the coasts of Cornwall, Devon, Sussex and Norfolk. She exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. She was a founder member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1939 and became a full member of the Society of Women Artists in 1961. The art galleries where examples of her work can be seen include Orleans House in Richmond and the National Maritime Museum Cornwall. Perso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cobbett
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey. He was one of an agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish "rotten boroughs", restrain foreign activity, and raise wages, with the goal of easing poverty among farm labourers and small land holders. Cobbett backed lower taxes, saving, reversing commons enclosures and resisting the 1821 gold standard. He opposed borough-mongers, sinecurists, bureaucratic "tax-eaters" and stockbrokers. His radicalism furthered the Reform Act 1832 and gained him one of two newly created seats in Parliament for the borough of Oldham. His polemics range from political reform to religion, including Catholic emancipation. His best known book is ''Rural Rides'' (1830, in print). He argued against Malthusianism, saying economic betterment could support global population growth. Early life (1763–1791) William Cobbett was born in Farnham, Surrey, on 9 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
