Scoones, William Dalton, Rev. (M)

Surname: Scoones
Forename(s): William Dalton
b. 3 March 1821. d. 5 October 1891. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and translator. Alternative signature: W. D. Scoones. Pseudonym: W. D. S. Born in Tonbridge, Kent. Served as a curate in Twikenham, and then vicar of Langley, Buckinghamshire. Married Elizabeth Bessie Haggard in 1866. Published several translations from German, including Goethe’s Faust: A Tragedy (London: Trübner and Co., 1879) and selected works from Friedrich Rückert’s poetry in Temple Bar. Biographical information: VIAF; Ancestry. (NM, AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 7
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Runic Stone. Heine 1878-08 Temple Bar Translator 17631
Life and Love 1879-10 Temple Bar Translator 17680
Dead Love 1879-10 Temple Bar Translator 17681
Separation. From Rückert 1880-08 Temple Bar Translator 17703
Life in Death 1880-11 Temple Bar Translator 17709
From Heine 1881-03 Temple Bar Translator 17721
Paradise 1885-09 Temple Bar Translator 17853