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English poet (1793–1864)

For other people with the same name, see John Clare (disambiguation).

John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and his sorrows at its disruption.^[1] His work underwent major re-evaluation in the late 20th century; he is now often seen as a major 19th-century poet.^[2] His biographer Jonathan Bate called Clare "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."^[3]

Life

Early life

Clare was born in Helpston, 6 miles (10 km) to the north of the city of Peterborough.^[4] In his lifetime, the village was in the Soke of Peterborough in Northamptonshire and his memorial calls him "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet". Helpston is now part of the City o Biography of apostle john!