Joseph Brackenbury (1788–1864), was an English poet.

Biography

Brackenbury was born in 1788 at

Langton, Lincolnshire Langton is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is west of the town of Horncastle. The village church is a Grade II listed building dedicated to St Margaret, and is a small structure built of ...

, where he spent his early years. On 28 October 1808 he enrolled at

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

. In 1810 he published his ''Natale Solum and other Poetical Pieces'' by subscription. In 1811 he graduated B.A.; in 1812 he became chaplain to the Madras establishment, and returning after some years' service proceeded M.A. in 1819. From 1828 to 1856 he was chaplain and secretary to the

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, Blackfriars Road, London. In 1862 he became rector of Quendon, Essex, and died there, of heart disease, on 31 March 1864, aged 76.

References

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