Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet, translator, essayist, editor, literary critic, historian, and journalist. Pseudonym: Ellis Brandt. Held progressive liberal views. Born at Fodderty, Ross-shire. Father was a Church of Scotland minister. Educated at Inverness Academy, Aberdeen Grammar School, and Aberdeen University. Studied theology at Edinburgh’s New College. Abandoned the ministry due to ill health and began to work as a journalist. Briefly edited The Glasgow Commonwealth and The Witness. Edited The Dial in London (1860-1862), but it collapsed and left him in debt. Edited the Weekly Review (1862-1865). Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)