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EBENEZER ELLIOTT
(The Corn-Law Rhymer)

Born 17 March 1781, Rotherham
Lived in Sheffield 1819-1841
Died 1 Dec 1849, Gt. Houghton
Buried Darfield Parish Church


Ebenezer Elliot has been called "the greatest man that Rotherham has produced". In the book "History of Sheffield" he was recognized as a 'Maker of Sheffield' and as a mark of respect for his work the City Fathers of Sheffield erected a large statue to him in Weston Park.

So who was Ebenezer Elliot and why is a poet so famous in South Yorkshire?

http://www.gleaden.plus.com/landmarks/ebenezer.htm

QUOTATION: What is a Communist? One who has yearnings
For equal division of unequal earnings.
ATTRIBUTION: Ebenezer Elliot (1781–1849), British pamphleteer, poet. “Epigram,” (1831), published in Poetical Works (1840).

http://www.bartleby.com/66/59/19359.html



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