Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Translator, professor, and science writer. Pseudonym: “W. W.” Born in Lancaster, Lancashire. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Published in a variety of fields, including chemistry, tidology, mathematics, education, architecture, and theology, among others. Author of 14 papers on his studies of tides (1833-1850) that received a prize medal from the Royal Society in 1837. Elected to the Geological Society in 1827 and served as president (1837-1839). Master of Trinity (1841-1866). Married twice, Cordelia Marshall on 12 October 1841 and Everina Frances on 1 July 1858. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC, CC)