Robert Blincoe was an English

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 author

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 and former child labourer. He became famous during the 1830's for his popular autobiography

Autobiography

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, A Memoir of Robert Blincoe, an account of his childhood spent in a workhouse

Workhouse

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. However, there are some doubts about whether this detailed observation of Blincoe's early life can be considered 'autobiography'. According to John Waller, in his book, The Real Oliver Twist; Icon Books (via Faber & Faber; London, 2005, it is written that his life story was told to a John Brown who then published the resulting book: A Memoir of Robert Blincoe in 1832.

Robert Blincoe was born around 1792.