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Late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century English poet who is most remembered for Rural Tales and The Farmer's Boy. His other works include The Banks of the Wye and Good Tidings.He died in poverty, and his manuscripts had to be auctioned off to pay for his funeral.His best known poem, "The Farmer's Boy," was influenced by James Thomson's similar poem, "The Seasons."
BEFORE FAMEHe was born into poverty in Suffolk, England and was raised by his school mistress mother after his tailor father passed away.
PERSONAL LIFEHe wed Mary Ann Church in 1790. The couple had five children.
FUN FACTSPoet Robert Bloomfield were born on Wednesday, birthstone is Turquoise, the seaon was Fall in the Chinese year of , it is 329 days until Robert Bloomfield next birthday.
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