James Hebblethwaite was an English-born Australian poet, church man and teacher. He was born on the 22nd September 1857 in Preston, Lancashire, the son of a corn miller. The family had fallen on hard times and James had to take responsibility for his own education, gaining scholarships where he could. He ended up at St John's College in Battersea, South London where he studied between 1877-1878 to become ...
James Montgomery was a Scottish-born poet and hymnodist who spent much of his life, and is widely commemorated in, the English county of Yorkshire. He had deeply philanthropic views on the abolition of slavery and of the practice of forcing children into dangerous jobs such as sweeping chimneys. He was born on the 4th November 1771 in Ayrshire which lies in the south western ...
James Joseph Sylvester FRS was primarily a renowned 19th century English mathematician, scientist and academic but it is also on record that one of his lifetime passions was poetry. Many of his published papers on mathematical matters contain poetic quotes and he spent a great deal of time both reading and translating classical pieces written in Latin and Greek, along with poetry ...
James Jeffrey Roche was an Irish-born American poet. Towards the end of his life he served his government in the diplomatic service as American consul to Switzerland. In his earlier days, living in Boston, he earned a living as a journalist. He was born on the 31st May 1847 in Mountmellick, in Queen"s County. The family emigrated to Canada shortly afterwards and young James grew ...
James Lionel Michael was a 19th century, English-born Australian poet and lawyer. He was born some time during October 1824 in London, the son of a solicitor. It seems that he had little interest in education despite the professional status of his father and he left school at the age of 15. His parents then made sure that he received private tuition and he ...
