Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet, philanthropist, and journalist. Suffered an accident as an infant, which eventually required him to walk with crutches. Attended University of Edinburgh. Worked as a clerk at Edinburgh’s General Register House when he began writing poetry. Briefly co-edited the new Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (which, after he left, was relaunched as Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine), and then the Edinburgh Magazine. Emigrated to South Africa in 1820 and worked as a librarian, also establishing newspapers and literary journals. Steadily worked for the abolition of slavery. After professional and financial difficulties, Pringle moved to London in 1826. Publications include “The Autumnal Excursion” and Other Poems (1819). Biographical information: ODNB.