John Freeth
John Freeth (1731 – 29 September 1808), also known as Poet Freeth and who published his work under the pseudonym John Free,[1] was an English innkeeper, poet and songwriter. As the owner of Freeth's Coffee House between 1768 and his death in 1808, he was major figure in the political and cultural life of Birmingham during the Midlands Enlightenment.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Horden 1993, pp. 13–14
- ^ Money 1977, pp. 103–104
Bibliography
[edit]- Horden, John (1993), John Freeth (1731-1808): Political Ballad Writer and Innkeeper, Oxford: Leopard's Head Press, ISBN 0-904920-19-4
- Money, John (1977), Experience and identity: Birmingham and the West Midlands, 1760-1800, Manchester University Press, ISBN 0-7190-0672-4, retrieved 8 May 2011
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