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

Surname: Boden
Forename(s): Charles John
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 to 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 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

Total poems: 8
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