William Roscoe
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English historian, abolitionist, art collector, politician, lawyer, banker, botanist and writer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Roscoe was an English banker, lawyer, and briefly a Member of Parliament. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast. In his day he was also respected as a historian and art collector, as well as a botanist and miscellaneous writer.