Wolcot was baptised at Dodbrooke, near Kingsbridge, Devon. In the parish register, his surname was spelled "Woolcot". It is not known where he was born.
Wolcot had already achieved some success in a Supplicating Epistle to the Reviewers (1778), and after his settlement in London he threw off with marvellous rapidity a succession of pungent satires.
Kniha Volkstümliche Satire der industriellen Revolution: John Wolcot ("Peter Pindar") und seine Nachfolger z druhé ruky. Na Knihobotu seženete bestsellery, klasiku i raritky, které jinde nenajdete.