Surname: Curwen Forename(s): Henry b. 1845. d. 22 February 1892. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, translator, short story writer, novelist, and journalist. Born at Workington
Hall, Cumberland. Educated at Rossall School in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Author of the
translated book of poems *Echoes from French Poets (1870), as well as a translation
of Baudelaire’s *Study of the Life and Writings of Poe* (1872). Moved to India in
1876 to become assistant editor, and then editor and proprietor, of the Bombay based
*Times of India*. Biographical information: *ODNB*. (AC)