Myers, Frederic W. H. (M)

Surname: Myers
Forename(s): Frederic William Henry
b. 6 February 1843. d. 17 January 1901. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Psychical researcher, essayist, and poet. Born in Keswick, Cumberland. Elder brother of poet Ernest Myers. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Married Eveleen Tennant on 13 March 1880. Mentored by Henry Sidgwick. One of the founding members of the Society for Psychical Research (1882). Toured Italy, Greece, Asia Minor, Canada, and the United States. Author of several volumes of poetry, including Poems (1870) and Renewal of Youth (1882). Biographical information: ODNB. (JS, CC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 16
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
St. John the Baptist 1869-02 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14379
Two Sisters 1869-04 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14391
Simmenthal 1869-11 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14395
The Translation of Faith. St. Peter’s, January 6th, 1870 1870-02 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14398
A Night in Cumberland 1870-07 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14403
Ammergau: An Idyll 1870-08 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14405
The Implicit Promise of Immortality. A Poem 1870-11 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14419
On Art as an Aim in Life 1871-03 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14421
Sweet Seventeen 1872-03 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14433
Unsatisfactory 1873-05 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14494
Madeira 1873-11 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14500
Elodia 1873-11 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14501
Teneriffe 1874-04 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14508
Lines on a Beautiful Girl 1877-06 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14589
Stanzas on Shelley 1880-03 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14735
The Height and the Deep 1892-11 The Nineteenth Century Poet 8431