b. June 1836. d. 18 December 1889. Nationality: English.
Poet, editor, and school teacher. Pseudonym: “T. A.” Born in Stockport. Father was
a cotton spinner then manufacturer, and was ordained in 1869. Educated at Stockport
grammar school and St. John’s College, Cambridge (where he read mathematics). Ordained
as a priest in 1860, but in 1865 gave up holy orders to become a school teacher. Author
of *Poems* (1859), *Dryope and Other Poems* (1861), *Pictures, and Other Poems* (1865),
*The Sorrows of Hypsipyle* (1867), *Songs then and Now* (1876), *Songs of a Year*
(1888). Biographical information: *ODNB*. (AC)