CAPERN, EDWARD (1819-1894), English poet, was born at Tiverton, Devonshire, on Jan. 21, 1819, and died on June 5, 1894. From an early age he worked in a lace factory, and then became "the Rural Postman of Bideford," by which name he is usually known. He published Poems, by Edward Capern, (r856); Ballads and Songs (1858); The Devonshire Melodist (a collection of the author's songs, some of them to his own music) and Wayside Warbles (1865) . He received a civil list pension from Lord Palmerston.