Fletcher, Joseph Smith (M)

Surname: Fletcher
Forename(s): Joseph Smith
b. 1863. d. 1935. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, children’s writer, and journalist. Alternative signature: “J. S. Fletcher.” Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, and often wrote about local topics. Contributor to Leeds Mercury. Author of several poetry volumes including Anima Christi (1884, 1887), Poems, Chiefly Against Pessimism (1893), Ballads of Revolt (1897). Chambers’s Journal ledger entries list his address as 9 Westfield Crescent, Bradford (NLS Dep 341/369, 370). Biographical information: Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, pp. 168-9. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 6
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Out at Sea 1887-07-09 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12907
The Poet’s World 1888-05-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13030
Unsung Heroes 1888-07-21 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13041
A Letter 1888-11-10 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13057
Real Presence 1889-03-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13076
Winter’s Gone 1894-04-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13346