Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890–1952) was a British author and poet. Childe was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...

. He edited ''

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'' in 1916 and 1917. In 1922, Childe became an Assistant Lecturer in English literature at the University of Leeds, being promoted to Lecturer in 1931.
The University of Leeds Calendar
' (Leeds, 1931), p. 81. He became a

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convert in 1916. He is chiefly remembered for ''Dream English. A Fantastical Romance'' (1917) which was and still is something of a minor cult book. He was admired by

Arthur Machen Arthur Machen (; 3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. Hi ...

and later by the poet

Robin Skelton Robin Skelton (12 October 1925 – 22 August 1997) was a British-born academic, writer, poet, and anthologist. Biography Born in Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire, Easington, Yorkshire, Skelton was educated at the University of Leeds and Cambr ...

. His ''Selected Poems'' was published in 1936. He associated with

the Sitwells The Sitwells (Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell), from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, were three siblings who formed an identifiable literary and artistic clique around themselves in London in the period roughly 1916 to 1930. This ...

, but was no

modernist Modernism is both a philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, an ...

Works

*''The Little City'' (1911) *''Dream English. A Fantastical Romance (1917)'' *''The Gothic Rose'' (1922) *''Ivory Palaces'' (1925) *''Blue Distance'' (1930) travel writing *''The Golden Thurible'' *''The Garland of Armor'' *''Selected Poems'' (1936) *"''The Happy Garden''" (1945)'' *''The Blessèd Pastures'' (1950)

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* * Archival material at 1890 births 1952 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford British male poets 20th-century British poets 20th-century British male writers {{UK-poet-stub