Goddard, Julia (F)

Surname: Goddard
Forename(s): Julia Bachope
b. 11 July 1825. d. 30 September 1896. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Children’s writer, poet, translator, and animal welfare campaigner. Pseudonym: “Jean Boncœur.” Born in Birmingham. Author of several children’s books including Karl and the Six Little Dwarfs (1863). Championed animal welfare including by teaching children, through stories, to respect animals, for example The Four Cats of the Tippertons and Other Stories about Animals (1881). Contributed to the Birmingham Daily Post and Animal’s Friend. In 1876 she established a prize awarded to school children in Birmingham for the best essays on animal welfare. She never married. Biographical information: ODNB; TheFictionMagsIndex <http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/i/i00341.htm (18 January 2021). (CC, AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 43
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
From the German of Uhland 1861-03-23 Once a Week Translator 544
Fleurette. (From the French of Gustave Lemoine) 1861-12-14 Once a Week Translator 865
The Child of Care. (From the German of Herder) 1862-02-22 Once a Week Translator 881
“My Soul and I” 1863-11-14 Once a Week Poet 530
Sir Olaf. (From the German of Heinrich Heine) 1864-09-17 Once a Week Translator 693
“Slave or Free?” 1864-10-15 Once a Week Poet 701
The River 1864-12-24 Once a Week Poet 719
A Wish. (From the German of Robert Reinick) 1865-09-02 Once a Week Translator 12052
Metamorphosis. (From the German of Robert Reinick) 1865-12-16 Once a Week Translator 983
Odin 1866-01-06 Once a Week Poet 13395
The Echo 1866-03-10 Once a Week Poet 13414
June 1866-06-02 Once a Week Poet 13441
July 1866-07-07 Once a Week Poet 13494
The Spoiler Despoiled 1866-07-14 Once a Week Poet 13495
August 1866-08-04 Once a Week Poet 13460
Old Ralph 1866-08-18 Once a Week Poet 13463
September 1866-09-01 Once a Week Poet 13498
October 1866-10-06 Once a Week Poet 13503
November 1866-11-03 Once a Week Poet 13505
The Knave of Bergen. (From the German of Wilhelm Smets) 1866-11-10 Once a Week Translator 13478
The Herdsman’s Repose 1866-12-01 Once a Week Poet 13483
The Burial of the Old Year 1866-12-29 Once a Week Poet 13516
New Years Day 1867-01-05 Once a Week Poet 12076
St Valentine’s Day 1867-02-16 Once a Week Poet 12086
A Dream of Egypt 1867-03-02 Once a Week Poet 12121
Hot Cross Buns.—(After Pope) 1867-04-20 Once a Week Poet 12149
Spring Song. Proserpine 1867-05-04 Once a Week Poet 12153
May Day 1867-05-04 Once a Week Poet 12154
June. Dreaming 1867-06-01 Once a Week Poet 12161
A Pastoral 1867-06-15 Once a Week Poet 12165
A Song in June 1867-06-29 Once a Week Poet 12168
St. Swithin. The Legend 1867-07-20 Once a Week Poet 13526
Under the Trees 1867-08-03 Once a Week Poet 13531
August 1867-08-17 Once a Week Poet 13537
A Poet’s Love. (From the German of Heinrich Heine) 1867-09-07 Once a Week Translator 13544
Heidelberg, August, 1867. (In Memoriam) 1867-09-14 Once a Week Poet 13545
Michaelmas Day 1867-09-28 Once a Week Poet 13552
All Hallow Eve 1867-10-26 Once a Week Poet 13564
Guy Fawkes’ Day 1867-11-09 Once a Week Poet 13571
Lost and Found 1867-11-30 Once a Week Poet 13578
A Christmas Carol. “Gloria In Exelsis” 1867-12-28 Once a Week Poet 13586
Christmas 1867-12-28 Once a Week Poet 13587
The Deserted Garden 1877-09-29 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6886