William Cobbett
1762–1835
Reform campaigner, journalist, essayist, and agriculturalist. Published reference works, newspapers, and political journals, including, from 1802, Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register. Established experimental seed-farms in Kensington and at Normandy, Surrey. MP for Oldham, 1832–5.
Sources
Craig ed. 1989
ODNB.
Bibliography
Craig, Frederick Walter Scott, ed. 1989. British parliamentary election results: 1832–1885. 2d edition. Aldershot, Hampshire: Parliamentary Research Services.
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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