Surname: Bell Forename(s): Charles Dent b. 1818. d. 1898. Nationality: Anglo-Irish. VIAF.
Poet and Church of England clergyman. Born in Ballymaguigan, County Derry. Educated
at Trinity College, Dublin. Curate in Berkshire, Sussex, and Hampstead (1845-1861).
Vicar in Westmorland and Cumbria (1861-1872). Rector in Gloucestershire (1872-1895).
Author of several volumes of poetry including Songs in the Twilight (1881) and Diana’s Looking Glass, and Other Poems (1894). Biographical information: Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, p. 38. (CC)