b. 1 October 1839. d. 2 August 1906. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, social reformer, and editor. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Author of
four volumes of poetry including *Footprints of Life* (1857), *Rhymes with Good Reason*
(1870-1), *A Scholar’s Day-Dream* (1870, 1881), and *A Household Queen* (1881). Published
pamphlets on issues of unemployment and labour, including *Our Unemployed* (1867),
*Lancashire Labour and the London Poor* (1871), *Impediments to the Circulation of
Labour* (1873), *The Unemployed in Great Cities* (1877), and *Vagrancy* (1881). Edited
*Labour News* (which he founded in 1871), *The Industrial Handbook* (starting in 1877),
and *Statutes for the People* (1870-1). Oversaw the publication of *The Industrial
Index to London* and *Business Aspects of Ladies’ Work*. Biographical Information:
*ODNB*. (DD)