b. 27 November 1828. d. 15 August 1880. Nationality: English.
Poet, schoolmaster, and barrister. Pseudonyms: “Sigma,” “J. B. S.” Alternative signature:
“J. B. Shaw.” Born in Manchester. Educated at Queen’s College, and New Inn Hall, Oxford,
and the Inner Temple. Schoolmaster at Manchester Grammar School. Author of several
volumes of poetry including *Chiming Triffles: Fugitive Compositions in Verse* (1858),
*Sonnets and Other Poems* (1863), and *Varieties in Verse* (1875). Biographical information:
Reilly, *Mid-Victorian Poetry*, p. 414; *Curran Index*. (CC)