R. R.Author information from the Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for
The Passage of the Red Sea,published on 3 September 1859, which lists the poet as R. B. Rutter Esq., of 3 Garden Terrace, Newcastle, with the payment given as 10s 6d (NLS 341/310). Born in Bristol, and moved with his family Newcastle at age 19 to work in a bank. Emigrated to Australia in 1854, returning in 1856 to live again in Newcastle and work in a bank. Married Anna Maria Clapham in 1863. Became a Quaker minister in 1871, returning about nine years later to Bristol. Biographical information: John William Steel, A Historical Sketch of the Society of Friends in Newcastle and Gateshead, Headley Brothers, 1899, pp. 201-4. (AC)
| Poem title | Date | Periodical | Roles | id # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Passage of the Red Sea | 1859-09-03 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6532 |
| The Prayer of the Poor for the Poor | 1859-11-05 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6531 |
| The Vision of David | 1859-12-24 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6540 |
| The Old Year and the New | 1860-01-07 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6561 |
| The Gone-Before | 1860-07-14 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6739 |
| New-Year’s Day | 1860-12-29 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6775 |
| The Deserted | 1861-10-12 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6612 |
| Light out of Darkness | 1863-03-21 | Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal | Poet | 6691 |