Stephen Phillips was an English poet, playwright and occasional actor who enjoyed widespread popularity for his work. He achieved a great deal of success during his lifetime, and yet he died at the age of 50 in poverty. He was born on the 28th July 1864 in Summertown, near Oxford. His father was the precentor at Peterborough Cathedral. The family moved there and Stephen went to ...
Susanna Strickland Moodie was a 19th century Canadian poet and journal writer who wrote extensively about her experiences as an English settler in British colonial Canada. She also wrote for children and took an active interest in the anti-slavery movement in London before emigrating. She was born Susanna Strickland on the 6th December 1803 in a small Suffolk town called Bungay. It was a ...
Sydney Thompson Dobell was a 19th century English poet and literary critic who belonged to a group called the “Spasmodic School” of writers whose numbers included George Gilfillan and Richard Henry Horne. He was born on the 5th April 1824 in the small town of Cranbrook in Kent into reasonably comfortable circumstances. His father, John Dobell, ran a successful wine business and his mother ...
Sydney Jephcott was an Australian poet and cattle farmer, the son of 19th century English immigrants. Apart from his literary achievements he was a journalist and also a remarkably successful exotic tree grower. From seeds introduced in 1874 he helped to create a spectacular arboretum at the family farm and he took great pains to ensure that this important plantation survived throughout ...
Thomas Augustine Daly was an Irish-American poet who is more commonly referred to as T A Daly. He was a very popular writer, mainly poetry, but he had many articles published in newspapers and magazines. He also made a good living on the lecturing and after-dinner speaking circuit where he would often recite his own poetry to appreciative audiences. His style was ...
