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Henry Quick

Henry Quick (1792–1857) was a Cornish poet who wrote about rural life in Cornwall. Quick was born on 4 December 1792 at Zennor in Cornwall to Henry Quick and Margery George. His parents earned a meagre income from spinning and farming a small leasehold. As a young man, Quick began composing 'rugged verses for the countryside'. He was soon earning money by selling popular journals that he bought each month in Penzance. From 1830 until his death in 1857, Quick wrote poems about local calamities and crimes, usually closing each poem with a religious exhortation. He printed most of his meditations as broadsides. In 1836 Quick wrote his Life and Progress in eighty-nine verses. In 1838, he published verses on the new Queen Victoria in A new Copy, &c., on the Glorious Coronation of Queen Victoria. In 1848, he wrote about the Great Famine in Ireland in A new Copy of Verses on the Scarcity of the Present Season and Dreadful Famine in Ireland (1848). An example of his poetry was published in The Cornishman in 1890, :In Zennor parish I was born ::On Cornwall’s coast, remember; :My birthday was in ninety-two, ::The fourth of bleak December. :Oft times abroad I take my flight ::(Take pity on poor Henry) :To sell my books: ‘tis my delight ::To gain an honest penny. Quick died at Mill Hill Down, Zennor, on 9 October 1857.

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Henry Quick (1792–1857) was a Cornish poet who wrote about rural life in Cornwall. Quick was born on 4 December 1792 at Zennor in Cornwall to Henry Quick and Margery George. His parents earned a meagre income from spinning and farming a small leasehold. As a young man, Quick began composing 'rugged verses for the countryside'. He was soon earning money by selling popular journals that he bought each month in Penzance. From 1830 until his death in 1857, Quick wrote poems about local calamities and crimes, usually closing each poem with a religious exhortation. He printed most of his meditations as broadsides. In 1836 Quick wrote his Life and Progress in eighty-nine verses. In 1838, he published verses on the new Queen Victoria in A new Copy, &c., on the Glorious Coronation of Queen Victoria. In 1848, he wrote about the Great Famine in Ireland in A new Copy of Verses on the Scarcity of the Present Season and Dreadful Famine in Ireland (1848). An example of his poetry was published in The Cornishman in 1890, :In Zennor parish I was born ::On Cornwall’s coast, remember; :My birthday was in ninety-two, ::The fourth of bleak December. :Oft times abroad I take my flight ::(Take pity on poor Henry) :To sell my books: ‘tis my delight ::To gain an honest penny. Quick died at Mill Hill Down, Zennor, on 9 October 1857.

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  1. date of birth: 1792-12-04 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 1857-10-09 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. publication date: 1890 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1792-12-04". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "1857-10-09". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the publication date is "1890". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371878567

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