Collins, Mortimer (M)

Surname: Collins
Forename(s): Edward James Mortimer
b. 29 June 1827. d. 7 July 1876. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, editor, and journalist. Taught mathematics at Queen Elizabeth College, Guernsey, from 1849-1856. Started the Channel Islands Magazine in 1853, but only published three issues before folding. Started writing for the Leamington Mercury in 1856, before moving to the Plymouth Mail in 1859, and eventually editing the Nottingham Guardian in 1861. Appointed joint editor of the London Globe in 1866, and regularly contributed to other journals, including Punch and the British Quarterly. Poetry volumes include Idyls and Rhymes (1855) and The Inn of Strange Meetings and Other Poems (1871). Biographical information: ODNB. (JS)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 9
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Schoolmaster 1869-05-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7396
Perfect Weather 1871-12 The Dark Blue Poet 624
I. The Dairy-Maid 1874-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10224
IV. A Dinner to Remember 1874-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10227
V. Love 1874-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10228
III. May 1874-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10226
VII. School-Girl Rebels 1874-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10230
II. Dawn 1874-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10225
VI. By the Well 1874-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 10229