BIOGRAPHY OF POET WILLIAM BLAKE

Born in London, November 28, 1757.

Had three brothers and a sister.

At 10 years old his father sent him to Henry Par's drawing school in the Strand.

In 1772 he became an apprentice of Basire the engraver.

Married Catherine Boucher in 1782.

1783, published his first volume of poetry, Poetical Sketches.

In 1824, he began to suffer from symptoms of gallstones, which eventually caused his death on August 12, 1827.



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