EncyclopediaCornwall, Barry
Cornwall, Barry, pseud. of Bryan Waller Procter,1787–1874, English author. His sentimental songs were much in vogue during his lifetime. Included among Cornwall's longer works are Dramatic Scenes (1819) and Mirandola (1821), a tragedy. He enjoyed the friendship of many of the notable men of his time, including Charles Lamb, of whom he wrote a biography which appeared in 1866. He was the father of the poet Adelaide Procter.
See his Literary Recollections (ed. by R. W. Armour, 1936); biography by R. W. Armour (1935).
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