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Profile of John Gilpin
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John Gilpin |
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10th February 1930 |
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Southsea, England, UK |
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Actor |
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John Gilpin (18th century) was a real-life character whose exploits became legendary and featured in a well-known comic ballad by William Cowper of 1782, entitled, The Diverting History of John Gilpin. Cowper had heard the story from a friend.
John Gilpin was a wealthy draper from Cheapside in London, who owned land at Olney in Buckinghamshire, near where Cowper lived. The poem tells how Gilpin and his wife and children became separated during a journey to the Bell Inn, Edmonton after Gilpin loses control of his horse, and is carried ten miles further to the town of Ware.
External link
The poem in full at Bartleby.com
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