where was the writer from?
The town of Ottery St Mary in Devon, England.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
he town of Ottery St Mary in Devon, England. Samuel's father was the 
what is the poem frost at midnight about The poem discusses Coleridge's childhood experience in a negative manner and emphasizes the need to be raised in the countryside. who is the writer? Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian when was it written? February 1798 what is its source? Coleridge draws upon many poems, including ideas from William Cowper's "Task". There is also a possible connection to John Thelwall's poem "To the Infant Hampden.—Written during a Sleepless Night.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge [SEP] Early life and education
Coleridge was born on 21 October 1772 in the town of Ottery St Mary in Devon, England. Samuel's father was the Reverend John Coleridge (1718–1781), the well-respected vicar of St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary and was headmaster of the King's School, a free grammar school established by King Henry VIII (1509–1547) in the town. He had previously been master of Hugh Squier's School in South Molton, Devon, and lecturer of nearby Molland. John Coleridge had three children by his first wife. Samuel was the youngest of ten by the Reverend Mr. Coleridge's second wife, Anne Bowden (1726–1809), probably the daughter of John Bowden, Mayor of South Molton, Devon, in 1726.