Surname: Symonds Forename(s): John Addington b. 5 October 1840. d. 19 April 1893. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, translator, literary critic, and cultural historian. Pseudonym: “J. A. S.” Advocated
sexual reform and authored studies on homosexuality. Close friends with Benjamin Jowett,
whom he met while a student at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1858. Biographical information:
ODNB. (SP, AC)