Surname: Godley Forename(s): Alfred Denis b. 1856. d. 1925. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Poet, classical scholar, translator, and editor. Pseudonym: “A. G.” Alternative signature:
“A. D. Godley.” Born in Ashfield, County Cavan, Ireland. Educated at Balliol College,
Oxford. Fellow (1883-1912) and public orator (1910-1925) at Magdalene College, Oxford.
Editor of the Classical Review (1910-1920). Author of several volumes of poetry including Verses to Order (1892), Lyra Frivola (1899), and Second Strings (1902). Biographical information: BL; Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, p. 187. (CC)