ELLIOTT, EBENEZER (1781-1849), English poet, was born at Masborough in Yorkshire, the son of an ironmaster. At the age of 16 he entered his father's foundry, where he worked for seven years. In an autobiographical sketch printed in The Athe naeum (Jan. 12, 185o), he says he was entirely self-taught, and owed his poetical development to long country walks and a collec tion of books left to his father. His early poetry is of a romantic nature, and begins with The Vernal Walk, in imitation of Thom son, which was not successful. He and his father later lost all their money when the iron foundry failed, and he attributed this to the effect of the Corn Laws. He became an active Chartist, and his political interests produced a complete change in the char acter of his verse. The Corn Law Rhymes (1831) are notable for a vigorous denunciation of injustice and for vivid description. In 1833-35 he published The Splendid Village; Corn Law Rhymes and Other Poems (3 vols.). He retired from business in 1841 and died at Great Haughton on Dec. 1, 1849. In 185o appeared More Prose and Verse by the Corn Law Writer (2 vols.). The sincerity of Elliott's poetry has saved it from the usual fate of political verse.