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Blake was born in 1757, and died in 1827, at the age of sixty-nine. Here his biography is divided into nine bite-size pieces. Click through to find out what Blake was doing at different times of his life.
 
 
Thomas Phillips Portrait of Blake
Thomas Phillips Portrait of Blake (1807) © National Portrait Gallery
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ChildhoodApprenticeshipAcademyA Modern ProphetDeclining fortunesCountry LifePoerty & ParanoiaContentment at Last
 
 
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