William Cowper

GPTKB entity

Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Poet
gptkbp:artMovement Augustan_literature
gptkbp:associatedAct The Anti-Slavery Society
gptkbp:birthDate 1731-11-26
gptkbp:birthPlace Berkhamsted,_England
gptkbp:child gptkb:John_Cowper
gptkb:George_Cowper
gptkb:William_Cowper_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1800-04-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:East_Dereham,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:St._Paul's_School
gptkbp:famousFor Hymns
gptkbp:famousQuote The world is a stage.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
God moves in a mysterious way.
The mind is a wonderful thing.
The heart is a strange and wonderful thing.
The soul is a vessel of infinite capacity.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains.
To be a poet is to be a dreamer.
Variety's_the_very_spice_of_life.
Happiness_is_the_result_of_being_true_to_oneself.
gptkbp:genre Romanticism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Cowper
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Milton
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:Robert_Burns
gptkb:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
gptkbp:notableWork Olney Hymns
The Task
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Poet
gptkbp:productionCompany 18th century
gptkbp:religion Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Olney,_Buckinghamshire
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Cowper
gptkbp:style Lyric poetry
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