Mean daily maximum temperature - deg C: 38.5: Highest daily Max Temp - deg C: 45.1: Mean daily minimum temperature - deg C: 22.3: Lowest daily Min Temp - deg C: 12.7: Mean monthly rainfall - mm: 15.9: Mean no. of raindays: 3.5: Highest monthly rainfall - mm: 58.6: Lowest monthly rainfall - mm: 0.6: Mean no. of clear days: 10.8: Mean no. of cloudy days: 6.8
Blake married Catherine â who was five years his junior â on 18 August 1782 in St. Mary's Church, Battersea. Illiterate, Catherine signed her wedding contract with an 'X'. They remained together until his death in 1827. Blake taught her to read and write, and also to use his printing-press.
William Blake was born on 28 November, 1757, in London, England, the third son of Catherine n e Wright (1723 1792) and James Blake (c.1723 1784) a hosier and haberdasher on Broad Street in Golden Square, Soho.Young William was prone to fantastic visions, including seeing God, and angels in a tree.here he finished his work on the Book of Job in 1825, commissioned by his last patron John Linnell. The following year he started a series of watercolours for Dante Alighieri s Divine Comedy, which he worked on up to the day of his death. William Blake died at home on 12 August, 1827.