Samuel Waddington

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For the English merchant and political activist, see Samuel Ferrand Waddington.

Samuel Waddington (1844 – 7 November 1923) was a British civil servant, traveller and poet.

Life[]

He was the second son of Thomas Waddington of Boston Spa, Yorkshire. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1862, graduating B.A. in 1865.[1]

Waddington worked in the marine department of the Board of Trade.[2] He died in Kilburn on 7 November 1923.[3] He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.[4]

Works[]

  • English Sonnets by Living Writers (1881)[5]
  • Arthur Hugh Clough: A Monograph (1883)[4]
  • Collected Poems (1902)[6]
  • Chapters of My Life (1909) autobiography[5]

Waddington wrote for periodicals including The Academy, the Athenaeum, and the Pall Mall Gazette.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Waddington, Samuel
  2. ^ Banerji, Nilanjana. "Dobson, (Henry) Austin". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32845. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Was Biographer and Anthologist". The Gazette. London. 1 December 1923. p. 19. Retrieved 30 December 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Paths of Glory. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 1997. p. 102.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b William Morris (14 July 2014). The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume I: 1848-1880. Princeton University Press. p. 574 note 1. ISBN 978-1-4008-5618-3.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Sir Hall Caine (1 April 2000). Dear Mr Rossetti: The Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Hall Caine 1878-1881. A&C Black. p. 288 note 80. ISBN 978-1-84127-050-0.


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