Henry Quick
Henry Quick (1792–1857) was a Cornish poet who wrote about rural life in Cornwall. His parents earned a meagre income from spinning and farming a small leasehold. He was soon earning money by selling popular journals that he bought each month in Penzance.
Henry Quick
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- Name
- Henry Quick
- Born
- 4 December 1792
- Birthplace
- Zennor, Cornwall
- Died
- 9 October 1857
- Place of death
- Zennor
- Occupation
- Poet,
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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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Key facts
• Name — Henry Quick • Born — 4 December 1792 • Birthplace — Zennor, Cornwall • Died — 9 October 1857 • Place of death — Zennor • Occupation — Poet, • Period — 19th century
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• Peter A.S. Pool The Life and Progress of Henry Quick of Zennor, 1994
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 25 August 2026.
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