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Roman History (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] |
George Cooke (painter)
George Esten Cooke (1793–1849) was an itinerant United States painter who specialized in portrait painting, portrait and landscape art, landscape paintings and was one of the Southern United States, South's best known painters of the mid nineteenth century. His primary patron was the industrialist Daniel Pratt (industrialist), Daniel Pratt, who built a gallery in Prattville, Alabama solely to house Cooke's paintings. Early career and fame Born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, St. Mary's County, Maryland, Cooke abandoned a fledgling career in business at an early age in order to become a full-time artist. After several years of painting portraits for a living, Cooke left for what would become a five-year tour of Europe. His time there was mostly spent learning from and copying the works of the Renaissance master artists, with many of Cooke's copies being sent back to the United States for show or sale. At some time between 1826 and 1830, he made a copy in Paris of ''The Raft o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
