Edward Capern (21 January 1819 – 5 June 1894), was an English poet, best known for The Devonshire Melodist and Wayside Warbles.

His failing eyesight forced him to abandon this occupation in 1847 and he was in dire distress until in 1848 he secured appointment with the Post Office[1] on a wage of 10s.

[2] Capern began to write verse for the "Poet's Corner" of the North Devon Journal.

[3] In retirement, in his sixties, Capern and his wife moved to Harborne (near Birmingham) to live closer to their son.

Greatly shocked by his wife's death in February 1894, he died on 4 June the same year and was buried in the churchyard at Heanton,[2] near Braunton.