John Arthur Blaikie (1849 – 25 December 1917) was an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and

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, born in Poplar,

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

, and died in Kensington.

Works

*''Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets'' (1870), co-author

Edmund Gosse Sir Edmund William Gosse (; 21 September 184916 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhoo ...

*''Love's Victory'' (1890) *''A Sextet of Singers'' (1895)

References

Citations

Sources

1881 British Census / Middlesex
URL accessed 2006-03-12. * ** Cousin, John W.
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
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