Sladen, Douglas (M)

Surname: Sladen
Forename(s): Douglas Brooke Wheelton
b. 5 February 1856. d. 15 June 1947. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, travel writer, and editor. Pseudonym: Rose Mullion. Born in London. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. Moved to Victoria, Australia, where he married Margaret Isibella Muirhead (in 1880) and graduated with a law degree from the University of Melbourne (in 1882). Taught at the University of Sydney in 1883, and in 1884 moved back to London. Publications include Australian Lyrics (1883), and several edited collections of Australian poetry. Published a biography of Adam Lindsay Gordon in 1915. His first wife died in 1919, and he married Dorothea Duthie in 1930. Biographical information: At The Circulating Library; Australian Dictionary of Biography. (BGL, AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 2
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
A Voice from the Bush. O! mihi præteritos . . . . 1873-05 Temple Bar Poet 17456
Lindsay Gordon’s Tomb. In Memoriam: An Old Cheltonian. (Written in the North Brighton Cemetery, Melbourne) 1886-06 Temple Bar Poet 17872