1781–1849

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Born: March 17, 1781, Mas­brough, Ro­ther­ham, York­shire, Eng­land.

Died: De­cem­ber 1, 1849, Great Hough­ton, York­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: All Saints Church, Dar­field, South York­shire, Eng­land.

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Biography

Elliott spent the great­er part of his life in Shef­field, where he worked in the ir­on trade. It was in a Shef­field news­pa­per that ma­ny of his po­et­i­cal piec­es first ap­peared.

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