Ann Candler

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AC , labouring-class poet of the late eighteenth century, was first noticed as a writer when her local clergyman gave charity to her needy family at Christmas and she wrote him a poem of thanks. To female patrons she wrote a letter explaining the circumstances of her life, which was printed with her poems.

Milestones

18 November 1740

Ann More (later AC ) was born at Yoxford in Suffolk.
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1803

Ann Candler 's Poetical Attempts (mostly written in the workhouse) were published by subscription, largely through the good offices of Elizabeth Cobbold .
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
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16 September 1814

AC died in her late sixties.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth and Background

18 November 1740

Ann More (later AC ) was born at Yoxford in Suffolk.
Feminist Companion Archive.

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