Boden, C. J., Rev. (M)

b. 7 August 1853. d. 18 July 1937. Nationality: English.
Poet and clergyman. Pseudonym: “C. J. B.” Born in West Brompton, Middlesex. Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. Ordained a priest in 1878. Served as a curate, vicar, and rector of several parishes from 1878-1932. Member of the Modern Churchmen’s Union. Married twice. *Chambers’s Journal* ledger entries list his address as St. Barnabas Vicarage, Sutton, Surrey (poem published on 21 September 1895; NLS Dep 341/371), c/o, of F. Sykes M. A., Brighton Rd, Surrey, Sussex (30 April 1898; NLS Dep 341/371), North Whigfield Rectory, Chesterfield (11 August 1900; NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical information: Venn, part 2, vol. 1, p. 307. (AC, CC)

Poems associated with this person

Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Between the Sizes 1895-09-21 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12634
One Heart 1896-03-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12751
New Rays 1896-04-11 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12753
The Tenth Muse 1896-05-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12756
The Commonplace 1896-08-15 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12771
The Unexpected 1898-04-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12709
Tobogganing 1898-12-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12544
“This Ought Ye to Have Done” 1900-08-11 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12459