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	William Cowper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		But as James Croft, who in 1825 first published the poems Cowper addressed to Theodora, wrote, "her father, from an idea that the union of persons so nearly related was improper, refused to accede to the wishes of his daughter and nephew." This refusal left Cowper distraught.
		Cowper grew to be on such good terms with the Unwin family that he went to live in their house, and moved with them to Olney, where John Newton, a former slave trader who had repented and devoted his life to the gospel, was curate.
		Cowper was seized with dropsy in the spring of 1800 and died in East Dereham, Norfolk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Cowper (1055 words)

	William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Educated at St Albans School, Cowper was called to the bar in 1688; having promptly given his allegiance to the Prince of Orange on his landing in England, he was made recorder of Colchester in 1694.
		Cowper supported the impeachment of Lord Oxford for high treason in 1715, and in 1716 presided as lord high steward at the trials of the peers charged with complicity in the Jacobite rising, his sentences on whom have been censured as unnecessarily severe.
		Cowper was not a great lawyer, but Burnet says that he managed the court of chancery with impartial justice and great despatch ; the most eminent of his contemporaries agreed in extolling his oratory and his virtues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Cowper,_1st_Baron_Cowper (841 words)

	WILLIAM COWPER - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM COWPER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cowper was not a great lawyer, but Burnet says that -tie managed the court of chancery with impartial justice and great despatch ; the most eminent of his contemporaries agreed in extolling his oratory and his virtues.
		His grandfather was that Spencer Cowper who, after being tried for his life on a charge of murder, lived to be a judge of the court of common pleas, while his elder brother became lord chancellor and Earl Cowper, a title which became extinct in 1905.
		Cowpers stepmother is buried in Bath, and a tablet on the walls of the cathedral commemorates her memory.
	69.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/COWPER_WILLIAM.htm (4468 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: William Cowper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Cowper (1731-1800) is notable as both a poet and a letter-writer.
		Cowper was called to the bar of Middle Temple in 1754 and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1757.
		His uncle, Ashley Cowper, arranged for him to be appointed to clerkships in the House of Lords, but when faced with an examination to qualify for the post of Clerk to the Journals of the House of Lords in 1763, he suffered a mental collapse during which he attempted suicide several times.
	www.literaryencyclopedia.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1049 (2344 words)

	LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER
		William Cowper, aristocrat, poet and hymn-writer but most importantly a believer in Jesus Christ, was born on 26 November 1731, at the Rectory, Great Berkhamstead, Hertsfordshire.
		Cowper left Westminster school aged 18 years having developed a good standard of academic skills but does not appear to have had any particular emphasis of religion and his religious knowledge was comparatively weak.
		William Cowper was in his pilgrimage a mourner, now blessed and comforted in the arms of his gracious Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, to Whose glory his work was sincerely aimed.
	www.netkonect.co.uk /k/ketsvc/cowper.htm (2846 words)

	IV. William Cowper: Bibliography. Vol. 11. The Period of the French Revolution. The Cambridge History of English and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cowper’s English version of the Odyssey …; with a Commentary … by O. The Iliad of Homer, translated into English blank verse by W. etc. 1855.
		Cowper, W. Memoir of the early life of W. written by himself; with an Appendix, containing some of Cowper’s religious Letters, and other documents.
		Cowper, illustrated by a series of views in, or near, the park of Weston Underwood, Bucks; accompanied with descriptions, and a sketch of the Poet’s life.
	www.bartleby.com /221/0400.html (1300 words)

	November 26: William Cowper
		At eighteen William began to study law, and fell in love with his cousin Theodora Cowper, but her father did not approve of the match.
		William was so terrified of having to answer questions that he worked himself into a fit of madness.
		Cowper moved to the country town of Olney, where John Newton, the ex-slaver, was pastor.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2003/11/daily-11-26-2003.shtml (540 words)

	Historical Anatomies on the Web
		William Cowper was born in 1666 in Petersfield in Sussex, and he was apprenticed to a London surgeon, William Bignall in March of 1682.
		Cowper proceeded to write a new English text to accompany the plates, many of them showing a great deal of original research and fresh new insights.
		Cowper claimed, without much evidence presented, that the plates were not Bidloo's at all, but that they were commissioned by Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) and that after his death Swammerdam's widow had sold them to Bidloo.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /exhibition/historicalanatomies/cowper_bio.html (497 words)

	The Captain & the Castaway - Christian History
		It was likewise intended as a monument, to perpetuate the remembrance of an intimate and endeared friendship." This friend and co-author of the hymnbook was the poet William Cowper (1731-1800).
		One of the things Cowper gained from his friendship with the ex-seafarer Newton was a propensity for describing the spiritual life using nautical imagery.
		Cowper's literary vocation became one of the most important pillars of strength that kept him from toppling under the weight of depression, and his poems owed a great deal to Newton's encouragement.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ch/2004/001/10.34.html (1556 words)

	The Mediadrome - Poems of the Week: William Cowper
		William Cowper (1731 – 1800) was in many ways a remarkable poet, although his work is seldom noticed these days apart from The Diverting History of John Gilpin, which appeared in our column for November 18th, 2001.
		The Cowper and Newton Museum has a website that includes some interesting details of the contents of the museum, and an extensive biography, which I will be making use of (together with some of my usual sources) in this piece.
		In 1784 Cowper began his translation of Homer, but in 1787 he suffered another bout of depression, and the completion was delayed until 1791, thanks to the assistance he received from the Throckmortons.
	www.themediadrome.com /content/articles/words_articles/poems_cowper.htm (3431 words)

	Cowper, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		After a battle with insanity, Cowper retired to the country, taking refuge with the family of Mrs.
		Cowper’s sweet-tempered, playful moods found a way into many of his poems, the most notable being “The Diverting History of John Gilpin.” He also made a relatively unsuccessful translation of Homer (1791).
		Unwin in 1796, his old malady returned, and he wrote little except the anguished poem, “The Castaway.” His letters are considered among the most brilliant in English literature.
	www.bartleby.com /65/co/Cowper-W.html (304 words)

	The Literary Gothic \| William Cowper
		Another figure from the Graveyard School, Cowper (pronounced "cooper") was a hymn writer and poet, a lawyer who abandoned the profession, and a sufferer from "melancholia" (depression), as was fellow boneyardist William Collins.
		Cowper also suffered from bouts of some more disturbing mental disequilibrium, associated in his mind with religious conviction and a deeply troubling sense of his own damnation.
		Cowper's haunting rendering of his own sense of damnation, prompted in part by the recurrent bouts of mental instability he experienced.
	www.litgothic.com /Authors/cowper.html (200 words)

	Famous Quote by William Cowper
		The famous and inspirational quotation by William Cowper detailed above is well known as an example of the famed verbal and spoken communication, citation or quotation used by the famous person.
		Some of the quotes of William Cowper will be familiar and some even deemed to be legendary and sometimes notorious quotes and quotations.
		A quote by William Cowper is often mis-spelt as qoute (qoutes) and quotation (qoutation) by William Cowper..
	www.famousquotes.me.uk /cowper_william (139 words)

	William Cowper
		Cowper was in love with his cousin, Theodora Jane Cowper, sister of Lady Heskith, and wanted to marry her.
		Cowper and Newton were inseparable, Cowper becoming in effect “the Curate’s curate.” Newton recognized Cowper’s literary talents and had his individual poems published.
		Cowper was afflicted with what is called a nervous complaint to such a degree as might justly be called insanity.
	www.igracemusic.com /igracemusic/hymnbook/authors/william_cowper.html (2195 words)

	The Poems of William Cowper
		Cowper's name will always be associated with that of John Newton, his friend and pastor.
		One of Cowper's critics says that Newton was a bad influence, causing him to "indulge and inflame his sensiblity in the dark ecstasies of Calvinism, while at the same time affronting all that was reasonable and humane in his nature." (H I Faussett) Judge for yourself.
		While he is not as elegant a poet as Cowper, his poetry has a clarity and simple charm that is appealing.
	www.puritansermons.com /poetry/cowpindx.htm (174 words)

	Insanity and Spiritual Songs in the Soul of the Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cowper said he could remember how as a child he would see the people at four o'clock in the morning coming to hear Whitefield preach in the open air.
		Perhaps the most poignant lines Cowper ever wrote are hidden away in a poem called Tirocinium (Latin for the state of a new recruit, inexperience, rawness) in which he pleads for a private education rather than one at boarding school.
		She and Cowper had much time together in those days and he wrote at least one very gallant poem for her that would have given any woman the thought of romance.
	www.desiringgod.org /library/biographies/92cowper.html (5969 words)

	William Cowper Brann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Cowper Brann (1855–1898) was an American journalist.
		Brann was born in Illinois and died in Waco, Texas.
		Works by William Cowper Brann at Project Gutenberg
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Cowper_Brann (221 words)

	The Academy of American Poets - William Cowper
		The first child of Reverend John Cowper and Ann Donne Cowper, Willam Cowper was born on November 15, 1731, in Berkhampstead, Herefordshire, England.
		Unwin died of a riding accident in 1767 and Cowper and Mary Unwin moved together to the town of Olney in 1768.
		William Cowper died of dropsy on April 25, 1800.
	www.poets.org /poet.php/prmPID/608 (481 words)

	William Cowper Brann Papers
		William Cowper Brann, born January 4, 1855 in Humboldt, Illinois, was an author, lecturer, and newspaper editor.
		The William Cowper Brann Papers, 1872-1922 (3 boxes), consists of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks of William Cowper Brann, the Brann family, as well as Brann's business associates.
		The W. Brann collection is arranged in three series: William Cowper Brann (1876-98), The Brann Family (1872-1922) and Miscellaneous (nd).
	www.hrc.utexas.edu /research/fa/brann.html (1396 words)

	William Cowper - There is a Fountain Filled With Blood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper" by the English) was born in Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England, on November 15, 1731.
		William Cowper was invited to move with the Unwin family to Olney and to attend the parish Anglican Church pastored by Rev. Newton who was the author of the hymn, Amazing Grace.
		In spite of his mental depression, emotional melancholy and spiritual doubts, God used the experience of one man, William Cowper, to pen the words that have been an inspiration to the church for two hundred years.
	www.truthinhistory.org /william_cowper.htm (1047 words)

	Cordula's Web. William Cowper
		Some of William Cowper's works from Project Gutenberg.
		William Cowper's section in the DMOZ Open Directory.
		William Cowper was one of the most popular poets of his time.
	www.cordula.ws /a-cowperw.html (205 words)

	Cowper, William on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Cowper's 'Task' and the writing of a poet's salvation.
		Hope and Despair in the Writings of William Cowper.
		Books: History behind the hymns; How Sweet the Sound, the absorbing story of John Newton and William Cowper.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Cowper-W1.asp (455 words)

	William Cowper -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The English poet Cowper is noted for his humor, sensitive descriptions of the English countryside, and deep religious feeling of his hymns.
		She was the subject of several works of literature, including poems by Alfred Tennyson and William Cowper.
		William Harvey's studies were the beginnings of the science of physiology.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9273840?tocId=9273840 (757 words)

	HarePoetry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) was a poet, hymn writer, and a lover of Rabbits!
		William Cowper is the author of the well known hymn,
		...he (Cowper) first constructed an elaborate little house for his leverets. He described it as consisting of three apartments into which they could retire for sleep and a common hall in which they could range in the daytime.
	www.homestead.com /HareBrainDD/HarePoetry.html (774 words)

	William Cowper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER, by Karl and Shelagh Thompson: A biography by apparent devotees of the poet's religious poetry.
		William Cowper Page, San Antonio College: A collection of links related to Cowper's poetry and life.
		William Cowper, "The Snail" (1731), University of Virginia, Dictionary of Sensibility: Includes the text as well as a brief explication of the poem's main theme.-MJM
	library.marist.edu /diglib/english/englishliterature/17th-18thc-authors/cowper-william.htm (205 words)

	William Cowper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was entrusted to the care of Dr. Nathaniel Cotton, an evangelical who kept a home for the insane.
		It was there that Cowper received the Lord.
		Unwin and Cowper moved in with John Newton in Olney.
	www.clevelandonline.org /English/journal/vol3no5/WilliamCowper.htm (190 words)

	The San Antonio College LitWeb William Cowper Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is perhaps the best introduction to Cowper as it contains the major poem and a representative selection of Cowper's other work.
		This volume has been reprinted in facsimile in the bicentennial year of its first edition by the Trustees of the Cowper Newton Museum, 1979 (Reprinted, 1984 and 1997).
		David Cecil, The Stricken Deer; or, The Life of Cowper.
	www.accd.edu /sac/english/bailey/cowper.htm (160 words)

	Poets' Corner - William Cowper - Olney Hymns
		These hymns were written between 1765 and 1773 at the village of Olney (OHN'ee) where Cowper was under the influence of the Anglican Evangelical preacher John Newton.
		This was a period of great religious fervor within the Evangelical movement and for Cowper, and this enthusiasm is clear in the poems.
		Less clear, but still visible, are the lingering affects of the madness which debilitated Cowper in 1762 and to which he again succumbed in 1773.
	www.theotherpages.org /poems/olney.html (204 words)

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