BRIERLEY, BENJAMIN (1825-1896), English weaver and writer in Lancashire dialect. He started in 1869 Ben Brierley's Journal, a weekly, which continued till 1891, and he gave public readings from his own writings, visiting America in 188o and 1884. His sketches, produced under the name of "Ab-o'-th'-Yate" (about America, London, etc.), and his pictures of Lancashire common life were collected after his death. He died on Jan. 18, 1896.