Poet. Pseudonym “J. E.” Alternative signature: “J. Ellis.” The Chambers’s Journal ledger entries variously give his address as 65 Union St, Southwark (“Sonnet—The
Sky-Lark’s Nest,” published on 4 December 1858, NLS 341/310), 52 St Andrews Rd, Union
Rd, Harrington SE (“Mother-Earth,” published on 12 July 1862, NLS 341/310), 11 Weymouth
St., New Kent Rd (“Cheerfulness,” published on 24 January 1863, NLS 341/310). (AC)