b. 5 April 1837. d. 10 April 1909. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Prominent poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic. Pseudonyms:
“W,” “Mrs Horace Manners,” “Etonensis.” Associated with Pre-Raphaelitism and Decadence.
He met Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and the Pre-Raphaelites
during his time at Oxford. Lifelong friends with William Michael Rossetti. Acquainted
with Richard Monckton Milne, Simeon Solomon, and Theodore Watts-Dunton. Author of
*Poems and Ballads* (1866). Biographical information: *ODNB*. (CC)