Surname: Bailey Forename(s): Philip James b. 22 April 1816. d. 6 September 1902. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Spasmodic poet. Born in Nottingham. Educated at the University of Glasgow and then
at Lincoln’s Inn, but abandoned the law to write poetry. Author of Festus (1839). Assisted his father with editing the Nottingham Mercury newspaper. Biographical information: ODNB. (CC, AC)