Arthur Wentworth Eaton

Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton (1849-1937) was a Canadian poet.

Life
Arthur Eaton was born in Kentville, Nova Scotia, the son of Anna Augusta Hamilton and William Eaton. He attended Dalhousie College, Halifax, and Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1880 (in the same class as Theodore Roosevelt. He was ordained a deacon of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1884, and a priest in 1885.

Eaton served for some years as a professor in New York, gaining a reputation in academic circles. He wrote and published several historical works, and several volumes of poetry.

Recognition
King's College University conferred an honorary D.C.L. on him in 1905.

Poetry

 * Acadian ballads and De Soto's last dream. New York T. Whittaker, 1905.
 * Poems of the Christian year. New York, T. Whittaker, 1905.
 * The lotus of the Nile, and other poems. New York, Whittaker, 1906.

Fiction

 * Acadian Legends and Lyrics''. London, New York: White & Allen, 1889; New York, Stokes, 1891.

Non-fiction

 * Genealogical sketch of the Nova Scotia Eatons. Halifax, N.S. Printed at the Morning Herald Office, 1885.
 * The heart of the creeds: historical religion in the light of modern thought. New York, London, G.P. Putnam's sons, 1888.
 * The Church of England in Nova Scotia and the Tory clergy of the revolution. New York : T. Whittaker, 1891.
 * Tales of a Garrison Town (with Craven Langstroth Betts). New York and St. Paul: D.D. Merrill, 1892.
 * College requirements in English entrance examinations. Boston, Ginn & company, 1892.
 * The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land. Salem, MA: The Salem press company, 1910.
 * The famous Mather Byles, the noted Boston Tory preacher, poet, and wit, 1707-1788. (Illustrated with many engravings from original paintings by Copley, the Pelhams and others). Boston, W.A. Butterfield, 1914.
 * The Eaton family of Nova Scotia, 1760-1929. [Cambridge, MA: The Murray Printing Co.] Privately. printed, 1929.

Edited

 * Elizabeth Lichtenstein Johnston. Recollections of a Georgia Loyalist (written in 1836). New York and London: M. F. Mansfield and Co., 1901.