John Arthur Blaikie (1849 – 25 December 1917) was an English

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

and

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, born in Poplar,

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, and died in Kensington.

Works

*''Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets'' (1870), co-author

Edmund Gosse Sir Edmund William Gosse (; 21 September 184916 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic. He was strictly brought up in a small Protestant sect, the Plymouth Brethren, but broke away sharply from that faith. His account of his childhood ...

*''Love's Victory'' (1890) *''A Sextet of Singers'' (1895)

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1881 British Census / Middlesex
URL accessed 2006-03-12. * ** Cousin, John W.
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
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