Poet, interpreter, and Colonial Office clerk. Born in Calcutta, India, and died in
New Zealand. Alternative signature: “J. W. Davidson.” Married Alice Switzer on 26
August 1891. *Chambers’s Journal* ledger entry for Davidson’s “A Song of Fiji,” published
on 19 October 1901, lists the author as J. W. Davidson, of Suva, Fiji (NLS Dep 341/371).
Davidson is listed as a Fiji Colonial Office immigration clerk in the *The Colonial
Office List* for 1912 to 1918, when he retired. Biographical information: *Ancestry*.
(AC, CC)