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Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823 (poet)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1766 - 1823

Biography

Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823), author of 'The Farmer's Boy'

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

Memoir of Robert Bloomfield

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8550
Scope and Contents A prose memoir by Walter Bloomfield of Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823). The main text is in the hand of a scribe and has occasional corrections apparently in Walter Bloomfield's hand, and occupies pages numbered 1-45. It is preceded by a presentation inscription of the manuscript to Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, dated 22 June 1891; a sonnet by Walter Bloomfield, "He worshipped Nature in her mildest forms,..."; a title page with the address '12, Earlham Gove, Wood Green, London, N', dated...
Dates: 1891
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Papers accumulated by John Goodridge relating to Robert Bloomfield and John Clare, including correspondence and writings of Ronald Blythe

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10203
Scope and Contents

A collection of original documents relating to Robert Bloomfield and members of his family, together with correspondence and papers of Ronald Blythe, principally relating to John Clare and the John Clare Society.

Dates: 1802-2014
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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