british-history:Today is the birthday of English poet and painter, William Blake. Blake was born on
british-history:Today is the birthday of English poet and painter, William Blake. Blake was born on 28 November 1757 in London. Although modern scholars consider him to be a seminal figure in the history of Romantic Age poetry and visual arts, Blake went largely unrecognised during his lifetime. Blake’s poetry and art was highly influenced by mysticism and philosophy, a fact which led his contemporaries to view him as mad. -- source link