Gibson, Elizabeth (F)

Surname: Cheyne (née Gibson)
Forename(s): Elizabeth
b. 1869. d. 1931. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, governess, suffragette, and typist. Sister of the poet Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878-1962). Educated at Gateshead High School. Member of the Women Writers Suffrage League. Married Thomas Cheyne in 1911 and moved to Oxford. Relocated to London in 1915. Volunteered by visiting wounded soldiers during World War I. Founder of The Order of the Spirit, a spiritualist organization. Studied theology at King’s College London. Admitted to Camberwell House Asylum in 1920 where she remained for the rest of her life. Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for Gibson’s The Passing of the Poet, published on 18 June 1898, lists the poet as Miss Elizabeth Gibson, of Battle Hill, Hexham (NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical information: Judy Greenway, Elizabeth Gibson Cheyne: biographical outline, timeline and list of publications (26 February 2022). (AC, CC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 19
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Litany 1897-04 The Argosy Poet 20166
Sea Thoughts 1897-06 The Argosy Poet 20178
Absence 1897-07 The Argosy Poet 20008
In a Palace 1897-08 The Argosy Poet 20011
Lux ex Tenebris 1897-09 The Argosy Poet 20018
To a Friend 1897-10 The Argosy Poet 20024
A Memory 1897-11 The Argosy Poet 20033
New Year Wish 1898-01 The Argosy Poet 20046
To the Memory of Longfellow 1898-02 The Argosy Poet 20050
The Angel of Love 1898-04 The Argosy Poet 20068
The Passing of the Poet 1898-06-18 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12716
Quis Separabit? 1898-10 The Argosy Poet 20192
Life Invisible 1899-06 The Argosy Poet 20098
Good-Bye! 1899-12 The Argosy Poet 20116
The Changing Skies. A Sonnet 1900-02-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12436
Comrade-Greeting 1901-01 The Argosy Poet 17204
Hope and Love. A Sonnet 1901-02 The Argosy Poet 17214
A Spring Song 1901-05 The Argosy Poet 17236
Love’s Enchantment 1901-08-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12525