Biographies of Cobbett

Cobbett's appeal down the ages is attested to by the large number of biographies that have been written about him. Below is a list we have compiled.

The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett, by Richard Ingrams, 2005.

William Cobbett: Englishman, a biography, by Anthony Burton, 1997.

Cobbett, by Raymond Williams, 1983.

Great Cobbett: The Noblest Agitator, by Daniel Green, 1983.

William Cobbett: The Poor Man’s Friend, Volumes 1 and 2, by George Spater, 1982.

William Cobbett, by James Sambrook, 1973.

William Cobbett: A Bibliographical Account of his Life and Times, by M L Pearl, 1953.

William Cobbett, by W Baring Pemberton, 1949.

Memoirs of the Late William Cobbett, Esq., M.P. for Oldham, by Robert Huish, 1836.

Peter Porcupine: A Study of William Cobbett, 1762-1835, by Marjorie Bowen, 1935.

William Cobbett, by G K Chesterton, 1926.

The Life of William Cobbett, by G D H Cole, 1924.

William Cobbett, by E I Carlyle, 1904.

Biographies of John Wilkes and William Cobbett, by J Selby Watson, 1870.