Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet, novelist, editor, and journalist. Alternative signature: William Freeland. Working-class origins. Moved to Glasgow and became sub-editor of the Weekly Citizen (from 1858), then joined the staff of the Glasgow Herald (in 1866). Wrote leaders for the Glasgow Evening Times. Close friends with poet David Gray. Publications include A Birth Song and Other Poems (1882), Songs for the Bairns (1884), Ballads and Other Poems (1904). Biographical information: Modern Scottish Poets, edited by D. H. Edwards, 5th series, D. H. Edwards, 1883, pp. 17-21.