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Norman Rowland Gale
Norman Rowland Gale (4 March 1862 – 7 October 1942) was a poet, novelist and reviewer, who published many books over a period of nearly fifty years. Gale was born in Kew, Surrey. He entered Exeter College, Oxford in 1880 and graduated in 1884. He was a teacher for some years, but in 1892 he began writing full-time. His poems "Betrothed" and "The Call" appeared in ''The Yellow Book''. His best-known poem is probably "The Country Faith", which is in ''The Oxford Book of English Verse''. In the United States, Louis Untermeyer included it in his anthology ''Modern British Poetry'', and, with a change of title to "Life in the Country", it opened the second reader in Cora Wilson Stewart's series, ''Country Life Readers''. For the last two years of his life Gale lived in Headley Down, Hampshire, where he died at the age of eighty.''Hampshire Telegraph and Post'' (23 October 1942), p. 8 Publications * ''A Country Muse'', 1892; reprinted with additions as ''A Country Muse: First Series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college is located on Turl Street, where it was founded in 1314 by Devon-born Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter, as a school to educate clergymen. At its foundation Exeter was popular with the sons of the Devonshire gentry, though has since become associated with a much broader range of notable alumni, including Raymond Raikes, William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, Richard Burton, Roger Bannister, Alan Bennett, and Philip Pullman. History Still situated in its original location in Turl Street, Exeter College was founded in 1314 by Walter de Stapledon of Devon, Bishop of Exeter and later treasurer to Edward II of England, Edward II, as a school to educate clergy. During its first century, it was known as ''Stapeldon Hall'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
