Williams, J. (M)

Surname: Williams
Forename(s): J.
Poet. Author of A Story of Three Years and Other Poems (1883). Author information from the Chambers’s Journal ledger entries for his poems, which refer to him as Mr J. Williams, and give variously his address as 28 Manchester St, London, W. (for a poem published on 14 April 1883; NLS Dep 341/369); P. O. Box 62, Moncton, New Brunswick (for a poem published on 28 July 1883; NLS Dep 341/369); 42 Hamilton St, Birkenhead (for a poem published on 31 May 1884; NLS Dep 341/369); 28a Manchester St, London, W. (for poems published on 27 June and 25 July 1885, and 2 March 1889; NLS Dep 341/369, 370). For the poem published in Chambers’s Journal for 20 July 1861, the ledger lists the author as J. Williams of St. Cross Cottage, Plumstead, Norwich: this may not be the same person (NLS 341/310). (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 7
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Retirement 1861-07-20 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6600
The Ideal Wife 1883-04-14 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7547
Love and Fame 1883-07-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 7561
“Only Cousins, Don’t You See?” 1884-05-31 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12824
Love’s Sleep 1885-06-27 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12937
Death 1885-07-25 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12941
Diffidence 1889-03-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13073