Henry Chappell (1874-1937). Courtesy AllPoetry.
Henry Lang Chappell (1874-1937) was an English poet, known as the Railway Porter Poet.[1]
Life[]
Chappell was born in 1874 in London, where his father ran a shop. His family originally came from Cornwall. His middle name, "Lang," was his mother’s maiden name.[1]
In 1894, he married Edith Elizabeth Hancock. By 1911 the couple were living in Bath, Somerset had two daughters: Nellie Elizabeth (born 1896) and Alma Rose Edith (born 1899).[1]
He worked at Bath Railway Station as a porter.[1]
When World War I broke out in August 1914, Chappell wrote a war poem called “The Day”. Originally published in the London Daily Express' on 22 August 1914, the poem achieved instant success, going on (as Sir Herbert Warren notes in his introduction to Chappell's eponymous book) to be “reprinted in every paper in America” as well as in “Canada, The Cape and Australia”.[1]
His debut collection, The Day, and other poems, was published by The Bodley Head in 1918.[1]
Recognition[]
Poetry by Chappell was included in 8 antholgies of First World War poetry.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- The Day, and other poems (with introduction by Sir Herbert Warren). London & New York: John Lane, 1918.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Catherine W. Reilly “English Poetry in the First World War: A Bibliography” (St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1978), 83. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Other-Chappell-Introduction-Classic-Reprint/dp/B008VVWQIY
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lucy London, Henry Chappell (1874 - 1937 - British poet, Forgotten Poets of the First World War, May 3, 2009, Blogspot. Web, May 6, 2021.
- ↑ The Day, and other poems, Internet Archive. Web, May 6, 2021.
External links[]
- Poems
- Henry Chappell at AllPoetry ("The Day")
- "A Soldier's Kiss"
- Books
- The Day, and other poems at Amazon.com
- About
- Henry Chappell (1874 - 1937 - British poet at Forgotten Poets of the First World War
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