Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet, playwright, music historian, critic, novelist, translator, and journalist. Alternative signature: H. Sutherland Edwards. Born in Hendon, London. Educated in France, where he became fluent in French. Contributed to Pasquin, Puppet Show, Punch, and Pall Mall Gazette. Collaborated with Robert Barnabas Brough on a theatrical production. Journalist in Paris (1852). Correspondent in Russia for the Illustrated Times. Married Margaret Watson on 2 February 1857. Returned to England in 1861. Correspondent in Poland (1862-1863), Luxembourg (1867), and covered the Franco-Prussian War. Editor of the Graphic (1869). Founded the magazine Portrait in 1877. Biographical information: ODNB. (JS, CC)