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William Barnes

English writer, poet, clergyman, and philologist (1801–1886)

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Occupation: poet, writer, Christian minister, philologist
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: February 22, 1801, 1801
Died: October 7, 1886, 1886

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William Barnes 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".

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