George Essex Evans was an English-born Australian poet, journalist, playwright and government official. He served as District Registrar of births, deaths and marriages first for Gympie and then, later on, for the city of Toowoomba, a place now known as the “Garden City” due to the existence of its many public parks and gardens. He came into the world in the Regents Park district of London on the ...
George Edward Woodberry was an American poet, university professor, literary critic and man of letters. He was born on the 12th May 1855 in the seaport town of Beverly, Massachusetts. His initial education came at the Phillips Exeter Academy before going on to Harvard College in 1872. Unfortunately his health failed him, causing an interruption to his studies. He started again in 1875, graduating two years ...
George Darley was an Irish poet, mathematician, novelist, playwright and critic. He was born sometime during the year 1795 in Dublin into very comfortable circumstances. The family were connected by marriage to the Guinness brewing dynasty and were of sufficient financial means to own a house in the country, in County Wicklow. Darley spent most of his early years there and went to ...
George D. Prentice was a 19th century American poet and newspaper editor who created an unfavourable reputation for himself by often writing in what was considered to be a bigoted, sometimes racist way. He was born George Dennison Prentice on the 18th December 1802 in Preston, Connecticut. He did well enough at school to earn a place at the Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, ...
George Frederick Cameron was a 19th century Canadian poet, journalist and musical composer who also practiced as a lawyer during his short lifetime. His work as a war poet led to him securing a place in the literary group known as the "Confederation Poets". He was born on the 24th September 1854 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia and attended high school in the same town up the ...
