John Bolton Rogerson (1809–1859) was an English poet. He worked in a mercantile firm and afterwards with a solicitor in Manchester; kept a bookshop from 1834 to 1841; contributed to newspapers, and subsequently engaged in journalistic and other enterprises. He published several volumes of poems.

Life

John Bolton Rogerson was born at

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on 20 January 1809, the son of James Rogerson by his wife, Elisabeth. At the age of thirteen he left school and began work in a mercantile firm, but was afterwards placed with a solicitor. Law being distasteful, he opened in 1834 a bookshop in Manchester, which he carried on until 1841. The next few years were devoted to literary work, and in 1849 he was appointed registrar of the Manchester cemetery at

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. He was an amateur actor, was president for some years of the Manchester Shakespearean Society, and was for a short time on the staff of the Manchester Theatre Royal. In youth he had written a play in three acts, called ''The Baron of Manchester'', which was produced at a local theatre. He also lectured on literary and educational subjects.Sutton 1897, pp. 148–149. From early years he was an eager, desultory reader, and soon became a writer of verse, but destroyed most of his juvenile efforts. He first appeared in print in 1826 in the ''

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'', and in the following year wrote for the ''Liverpool Kaleidoscope''. In 1828 he joined John Hewitt in editing the ''Phœnix, or Manchester Literary Journal'', a performance which lasted only a few months. He was joint-editor of the ''Falcon, or Journal of Literature'', Manchester, 1831; and edited the ''Oddfellows' Magazine'' from 1841 to 1848; the ''Chaplet, a Poetical Offering for the Lyceum Bazaar'', 1841, and the ''Festive Wreath'', 1842 (both published at Manchester).Sutton 1897, p. 149. Chronic

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disabled him about 1855 from continuing his duties as registrar. He afterwards kept a tavern in Newton Street, Ancoats, Manchester, and in 1857 was master of a school at

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. In the succeeding year he was awarded a government pension of 50'' l''.; then he retired to the

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, where he died on 15 October 1859, and was interred at Kirk Braddan, near

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. His wife was Mary Anne, born Horabin, by whom he left several children.

Works

His separate publications were: #
Rhyme, Romance, and Revery
', London, 1840; 2nd edition 1852. #
A Voice from the Town, and other Poems
', 1842. #
The Wandering Angel, and other Poems
', 1844. #
Poetical Works
', 1850, with portrait. #
Flowers for all Seasons
' (verses and essays), 1854. #

', 1859, which contains most of the poems in the preceding volumes. According to

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, "His works, though pleasing, lack originality and vigour."

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