John Clare | |
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| Born | 13 July 1793 Helpston, Northamptonshire, England |
| Died | 20 May 1664 Northampton, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Known for | Rural poetry |
John Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. He was the son of a farm labourer. He was known for his poems about the English countryside.
His biographer Jonathan Bate states that Clare was "the greatest labouring-class poet that England has ever produced. No one has ever written more powerfully of nature, of a rural childhood, and of the alienated and unstable self."[1]
