George Crabbe (1754-1832) was an English clergyman, surgeon, poet, and writer, renowned for his unsentimental narrative style and commitment to social realism. His major works include The Library (1781), The Village (1783), Poems (1807), The Borough (1810), Tales (1812), and Tales of the Hall (1819).
Born on 24 December 1754 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Crabbe was the eldest of six children of Mary Loddock (1725-1780) and George Crabbe (1733-1786), a local collector of salt duties who had previously worked as a schoolmaster and parish clerk in Norfolk. A bookish child, unsuited to manual labour, Crabbe received his earliest education from his father, a man of frustrated intellect and a notoriously overbearing temperament. At the age of eight or nine, Crabbe was sent to a small boarding school in Bungay, followed by grammar school in Stowmarket where...
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Citation: Lo, Yimon. "George Crabbe". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 May 2020; last revised 25 April 2025. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1052, accessed 09 June 2026.]
