What is William Cobbett?
[[File:William Cobbett.JPG|thumb|left]] [[File:Cobbett - Rural rides in the southern, western and eastern counties of England, 1930 - 5214769.tif|thumb|''Rural rides in the southern, western and eastern counties of England'', 1930]] '''William Cobbett''' (9 March [[1763]]– 18 June [[1835]]) was a [[journalist]] and [[Member of Parliament]] for [[England]] for the [[Radicals (UK)|Radicals]].<ref name=Biography /> He made many [[Travel|journeys]] around England. He wrote a book called ''Rural Rides'' about what he saw.<ref name=RuralRides /> ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=Biography>Ian Dyck, ‘[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5734 Cobbett, William (1763–1835)]’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 23 July 2011.</ref> <ref name=RuralRides>{{cite book|title=Rural Rides|url=https://archive.org/details/bwb_KR-427-285|author=William Cobbett|year=1830}}</ref> }} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobbett, William}} [[Category:1763 births]] [[Category:1835 deaths]] [[Category:English essayists]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies]] [[Category:Writers from Surrey]]