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Elliott, Ebenezer [called the Corn Law Rhymer] (1781–1849), poet and bar-iron merchant
Angela M. Leonard
Elliott, Ebenezer [called the Corn Law Rhymer] (1781–1849), poet and bar-iron merchant, was born on 17 March 1781 in the new foundry of Masbrough in the parish of Rotherham, Yorkshire, one of eleven children (of whom eight reached maturity) of Ebenezer Elliott (...