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About William Barnes
William Barnes was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages. A linguistic purist, Barnes strongly advocated against borrowing foreign words into English, and instead supported the use and proliferation of "strong old Anglo-Saxon speech".
Everything about William Barnes →- Occupation
- poet, writer, Christian minister, philologist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- February 22, 1801, 1801
- Died
- October 7, 1886, 1886