Bartholomew Simmons

Bartholomew Simmons (1804 - 21 July 1850) was an Irish poet,

Life
Simmons was born at Kilworth, co. Cork. He entered the excise branch of the civil service in 1830. He first appeared as a poet in Bolster's Magazine, 1826-18288, and soon after began to contribute to Blackwood's Magazine. There he printed his poem, "Napoleon's Last Look," which has found a place in several anthologies. Christopher North made eulogistic reference to his poetic gift in the ‘Noctes Ambrosianæ.’ Simmons contributed to several other periodicals, sometimes under the signature of "Harold." His poems were collected and published in London in 1843. He died unmarried on at his lodgings in Acton Street, Gray's Inn Road, London.