Joseph Skipsey

Joseph Skipsey (March 17, 1832 - September 3, 1903) was an English poet.

He was born near North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. From childhood he worked in the mines.

He published a few pieces of poetry in 1859. Soon after he left working underground, and began working as a custodian in local schools and colleges. From 1889 to 1891 he was caretaker of Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-on-Avon. ".

During the last 30 years of his life he published several volumes of poetry, including The Collier Lad and Carols from the Coal Fields; and he edited some volumes for the "Canterbury Poets." Memoir by R. Spence Watson (1908).