Whishaw, Frederick James (M)

Surname: Whishaw
Forename(s): Frederick James
b. 14 March 1854. d. 8 July 1934. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, translator, historian, musician, and children’s writer (especially adventure novels). Alternative signature: F. J. Wishaw. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and lived for periods in St. Petersburg and England. Married Ethel Charlotte Moberly on 30 March 1880. Translated Dostoevsky. Author of poetry volumes Loves of the Flowers (1878) and Gerla the Nymph: A tale in verse (1879). Biographical information: Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 491; Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Whishaw (1 January 2020). (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 1
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Flowers’ Choice 1875-10-16 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7100