Roger, William (pseudonym Daphnis) (M)

Surname: Roger
Forename(s): William
Nationality: Scottish.
Poet. Pseudonym: Daphnis. Author information from Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for the poem Wounder and Healer, published on 22 November 1884, which lists the poet as William Roger, of Hillhead Farm, Kilmarknock (NLS Dep 341/369). The County Directory of Scotland 1882-1885 (R. Grant & Son, 1882) lists Hugh Roger, farmer, at this address (p. 264). William might be his son. Nationality presumed from the address. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 1
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Wounder and Healer. (The Idea Taken from Agoub’s Translation of an Arabic Song) 1884-11-22 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12851