George Reginald Margetson (1877 - c.1952) was a stationary engineer and poet. He was born in

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, British West Indies. He moved to the United States in 1897 and resided in Boston. He graduated from Bethel Moravian School in 1895. He married Elizabeth Matthews and had "a large family." He lived in

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. His book ''Fledging Bard and the Poetry Society'' is a single poem covering 100 pages. His work includes satire. He died around 1952.

Publishings

*''England in the West Indies; a neglected and degenerating empire'' Cambridge, Massachusetts (1906) *''Ethiopia’s Flight: The Negro Question; Or, The White Man’s Fear'' (1907) *''Songs of Life'' collection (Sherman, French & Company, 1910) *''The Call to Duty' (1910) *''The fledgling bard and the poetry society'' Richard G. Badger, Boston, Copp Clark, Toronto (c. 1916) *''Songs of life'' Sherman, French & Company, Boaton (1910)

References

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