George Crabbe (1754-1832) was an English clergyman, surgeon, poet and writer, best known for his unsentimental narrative style and social realism. His works include
The Library(1781),
The Village(1783),
Poems(1807),
The Borough(1810), and his poetry collections
Tales(1812) and
Tales of the Hall(1819).
Crabbe was born on 24 December 1754, at Aldeburgh in Suffolk. He was the eldest of six children of Mary Loddock (1725-80) and George Crabbe (1733-86), a local collector of the salt-duties, who had previously worked as a schoolmaster and parish clerk in Norfolk. A bookish child, not suited to manual labour, Crabbe received his early education from his father, a thwarted intellectual and hectoring drunkard. Aged 8 or 9 he was sent to a small boarding school in Bungay, then to grammar
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Citation: Lo, Yimon. "George Crabbe". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 May 2020; last revised 24 January 2025. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1052, accessed 31 March 2025.]
