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Wilfrid Blunt
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Born in Petworth, Sussex
Born on 17th of August 1840
Died on 10th of September 1922

Born 1840. Died 1922 - English poet and traveller.


First published volume of poems was Sonnets and Songs by Proteus (1875). Travelled in Near and Middle East. Stood for parliament, was imprisoned in 1888 where he wrote In Vinculis (1899). Also wrote political verse and love poems.

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