sentences:  Born in Urmston, Lancashire, the son of an impoverished curate, he moved to Milnrow at the age of 17 to work as a schoolmaster.Marriage and nine children meant he needed to supplement his income and he began producing illustrated satirical poetry in Lancashire dialect and a book of dialect terms.His first and most famous work, "A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mary", appeared in 1746, and is the earliest significant piece of Lancashire dialect to be published.