John Arthur Phillips

'' John Arthur Phillips (1842-1907) was a Canadian poet and journalist, who served as president of the Ottawa Press Gallery.

Life
He was born in Liverpool, England, and emigrated to Canada in 1865. He became a journalist working in Montreal. In 1873 he wrote his most famous poem, "The Factory Girl," which was published in the Ontario Workman that April, and also later appeared in his first book, Thompson's Turkey, and Other Christmas Tales, Poems, etc. He published at least three more books of poetry and sketches.

He became president of the Ottawa Press Gallery in 1896.

Publications

 * Thompson's Turkey, and Other Christmas Tales, Poems, &c. (Montreal: John Lovell, 1873.