Francis Kilvert

Francis Kilvert (1840-79) was born near Chippenham, Wiltshire. The son of a clergyman, Francis himself worked as a curate and vicar, before dying of peritonitis shortly after returning from his honeymoon. He wrote and privately published poetry, but it is for his diaries that he is remembered.

Francis Kilvert (1840-79) was born near Chippenham, Wiltshire. The son of a clergyman, Francis himself worked as a curate and vicar, before dying of peritonitis shortly after returning from his honeymoon. He wrote and privately published poetry, but it is for his diaries that he is remembered. See less