Bowyer Nichols (left), John William Mackail, and H.C. Beeching. Photo by Frederick Hollyer, circa 1882. From The Earthly Paradise: Arts and Crafts by Wiliam Morris and his Circle in Canadian Collections (1993). Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols (November 13, 1859 - June 2, 1939)[1], known as Bowyer Nichols, was an English poet.
Life[]
Nichols was the son of Francis Morgan Nichols.[1] His grandfather was John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863), proprietor of Gentleman's Magazine, and his great-grandfather was poet John Nichols (1745-1826).[2]
He attended Balliol College, Oxford.[3]
He married Catherine Louisa Pusey, daughter of Captain Edward Bouverie Pusey, on 4 August 1892.[1] Poet Robert Nichols was their son.
He lived at Hanger Hill, Ealing, London, and at Lawford Hall, Manningtree, Essex. He was an antiquarian, and was invested as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.).[1]
He became a trustee of the Wallace Collection.
Recognition[]
He won the Newdigate Prize in 1883 for his poem, Inez de Castro.[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Inez de Castro: Newdigate prize poem recited in the Sheldonian theatre, Oxford, 13 June 1883. Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, 1883.
- Love in Idleness: A volume of poems (with H.C. Beeching & John William Mackail). London: Kegan Paul, Trench, 1883.[4]
- Love's Looking Glass: A volume of poems (with Beeching & Mackail). London: Percival, 1891.[4]
- Poems by Bowyer Nichols (edited by J.W. MacKail). Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, 1943.
Collected editions[]
Lines by a Person of Quality John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols Audiobook Short Poetry
- Words and Days: A table book of prose and verse (edited by Logan Pearsall Smith). London: Rivington, Percival, 1895; London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1941.
Edited[]
- A Little Book of English Sonnets. London: Methuen, 1903.
Except whete noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat,[5]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols, The Peerage, p. 26957, Darryl Lundy. Web, May 15, 2012.
- ↑ Henry Richard Tedder, Nichols, John Bowyer, Dictionary of National Biography (edited by Sidney Lee), Volume 41. London: Smith, Elder, 1895, 5. Wikisource, Web, Feb. 26, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hebdommadal Council, Oxford University Gazette XIII:460 (June 12, 1883). Google Books, Web, Feb. 26, 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Search results = au:Henry Charles Beeching, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 11, 2013.
- ↑ Search results = au: Bowyer Nichols, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 16, 2013.
External links[]
- Poems
- Nichols in A Victorian Anthology: "Lines by a Person of Quality," "A Pastoral"
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