Richard Barnfield was an English poet. His relationship with William Shakespeare has long made him interesting to scholars. It has been suggested that he was the "rival poet" mentioned in Shakespeare's sonnets.
Writers born in the 1570s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1574 to 1627 · aged 53
Written about in
6 languages
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