Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet, essayist, novelist, and school teacher. Pseudonym: “The Vicar of Deepdale.” Born 1842 or 1843 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, after which his family moved to Glasgow. Attended art classes at the University of Glasgow and worked as a school teacher. Headmaster of Quarter Ironworks’ School in Lanarkshire. Member of the Glasgow Ballad Club, Walter Scott Club, and the Wellpark Free Church Literary Society. Biographical information: David Herschell Edwards (ed.), One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets, third series, D. H. Edwards, 1881, pp. 291-5; The Harp of Renfrewshire, second series, Alex. Gardner, 1873, p. xxv; Glasgow’s Literary Bonds<https://www.glasgowsliterarybonds.org/societies/sir-walter-scott-club/> (19 February 2020). (AC)