Wilfrid Thorley

Wilfrid Thorley (31 July 1878 - 28 January 1963, ) was an English poet and translator.

Life
Thorley was born in Southport Lancashire.

He was educated privately, then at the Liverpool Institute (now University of Liverpool) and Grenoble University. However, he said that he learnt most while teaching English to foreign students in Sweden, Belgium, France and Italy, during the ten years preceding World War I.

He died in Wirral, Cheshire.

Recognition
His poem "Chant for Reapers" was included in the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918.

Poetry

 * Cloud-Cuckoo-Land: a child's book of verses, 1923
 * Confessional, and other poems, 1911
 * The Londoner's Chariot, and other poems, 1925
 * Maypole Market: a child's book of verses, 1927
 * Cartwheels and Catkins: verses for girls and boys, 1930
 * The Happy Colt, and other verses, 1940
 * Barleycomb Billy, and other rhymes, 1943

Prose

 * A Primer of English for Foreign Students, 1910
 * An English Reader for Foreign Students, 1913
 * Paul Verlaine, 1914
 * Fleurs-de-Lys, 1920
 * A Bouquet from France, 1926
 * A Year in England for Foreign Students, 1930
 * The French Muse, 50 Examples, 1945


 * As Harley Quinn:
 * A Caboodle of Beasts, 1945
 * Quinn's Quiz: rhymed riddles on a variety of subjects for children or their parents, 1957