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William Cowper (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; 15 November 1731 [2] / 26 November 1731 – 14 April 1800 [2] / 25 April 1800 ()) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside.
"God Moves in a Mysterious Way" is a Christian hymn, written in 1773 by the 18th-century English poet William Cowper. It was written by Cowper in 1773 as a poem entitled "Light Shining out of Darkness". [1] The poem was the last hymn text that Cowper wrote. It was written following his attempted suicide while living at Olney in Buckinghamshire.
William Cowper in 1792, by Lemuel Francis Abbott. Cowper prefaced The Task with an account of its genesis: A lady, fond of blank verse, demanded a poem of that kind from the Author, and gave him the SOFA for a subject. He obeyed; and, having much leisure, connected another subject with it; and, pursuing the train of thought to which his ...
William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, PC, KC, FRS (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; c. 1665 – 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent , a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns.
The Cowper and Newton Museum is a museum in Olney, north Buckinghamshire, England, around 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Central Milton Keynes. Celebrating the work and lives of two famous local residents: William Cowper (1731–1800), a celebrated 18th-century poet; and John Newton (1725–1807), a slave trader and subsequently a prominent ...
William Cowper made improvements to the property, which in 1811 was inherited by Charles Cholmondeley (1770–1846), third son of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal Abbey and rented to a tenant. In 1821, along with 135 acres (55 ha) of land, it was bought by Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster and demolished in 1830 to allow ...
William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple, PC (13 December 1811 – 16 October 1888), known as William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal statesman.
William Cowper FRS (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; c. 1666 – 8 March 1709) was an English surgeon and anatomist, famous for his early description of what is now known as Cowper's gland. Cowper was born in Petersfield, Hampshire , and he was apprenticed to a London surgeon, William Bignall, in March 1682.