Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet. Née Coupar. Pseudonyms: Hugh Airlie, Jay Kayelle, Barney O’Hea, Washington White, Mona Fife, J. K. L. Alternative signature: J. K. Lawson. Born in Edinburgh. Lived in Canada after her marriage. Worked as a schoolteacher. Married William Lawson on 30 May 1860. Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for Lawson’s St Monans, Fife, published on 21 December 1895, lists the author as Mrs J. K. Lawson, of 142 Cambridge Drive, Kelvinside, Glasgow (NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical information: Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory (6 January 2025). (AC, BGL)