J. Sheridan Moore

'''Joseph Sheridan Moore (1828 - October 17, 1891) was an Australian poet, academic, and publicist.

Life
Moore was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Marion and Luke Moore, and educated in Lancashire by the Jesuits. He emigrated to Australia in 1847, becoming a Benedictine monk and headmaster of Lyndhurst College, Glebe. he left Lyndhurst in 1856, and married Flora Macdonald Harris on October 3, 1857.

Moore continued to teach at colleges in New South Wales, supplementing his income with lectures and article publishing. In 1858 he became editor of literary magazine The March. He published a collection of poetry in 1864 a collection of essays in 1872, and many pamphlets through the 1860s through 1880s, many derived from his lectures.

He played an active role in the literary and cultural life of Sydney, being particularly associated with the writer N.D. Stenhouse. He was declared bankrupt in 1873. He died in 1891 and was buried in the Catholic section of Waverley Cemetery.

Poems

 * Spring Life Lyrics. Sydney, London, Reading and Wellbank: Sampson and Low 1864.

Essays

 * The Ethics of the Irish Under the Pentarchy. 1872.