Surname: O’Shaughnessy Forename(s): Arthur William Edgar b. 14 March 1844. d. 30 January 1881. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet. Appointed as a transcriber in the department of printed books in the library
of the British Museum in 1861. Promoted to assistant in the zoological department
in 1863. Author of several volumes of poetry including Epic of Women and other Poems (1870), Lays of France (1872), Music and Moonlight (1874), and Songs of a Worker (1881). Biographical information: ODNB. (JS)