by George J. Dance
James Lewis Milligan (February 1, 1876 - May 1, 1961), was a Canadian poet and journalist.[1]
J. Lewis Milligan (1876-1961) in Canadian Singers and their Songs, 1919. Courtesy Internet Archive.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Milligan was born in Liverpool, England,[2] into a family of 9 children.[1]
The son of Anglican parents, he received an early education in Anglican schools, but left school at 12 to work in the building trades.[2]
As a teen, he began contributing verse to local newspapers, and in 1910 had a collection of his poetry published in London.[2]
Career[]
With his family,[2] he emigrated to Canada in 1911.[1] They settled in Hastings co., Ontario, where Milligan became a Methodist pastor.[2]
He spent 2 years as a lay minister for the Methodist Church; then became an editor for the Peterborough Review in 1913, and a military correspondent (and later editorial writer) for the Toronto Star in 1914. In 1922 he left to do public relations for the Church Union movement.[1]
He joined the Mail and Empire in 1925. Later he did public relations for 8 years for the Ontario provincial department of mines. He ended his career as editor of the Stratford Beacon-Herald, from which he retired in 1937.[1]
He writings include 2 volumes of poetry, a play, and everything from speeches for Prime Minister Mackenzie King to Lady Eaton’s Christmas cards.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Songs in Time’s Despite. London: Francis Griffiths, 1910.
- The Beckoning Skyline, and other poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1920.
- Christmas: Eight poems (chapbook). Toronto: Gothic Press, [192-?]
- A Clock in a Bassinet: A ballad of love and time. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1938.
- They Shall Return, and other poems. Toronto: Forward Publishing, 1943.
- Siluria, and other poems. Toronto: privately printed by the Ryerson Press, 1947.
- Paradise Lost ([illustrated by?] Charles C. Fleming). Richmond [?]: Press of the Hiccupy Herring, 1952.
Play[]
- Judas Iscariot: A poetical play. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1929.
Non-fiction[]
- The Search for Minerals in Canada. (illustrated by Edith B. MacLaren). Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1931.
Except where noted, bibliographical information ccurtesy WorldCat.[3]
Poems by Milligan[]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 John Irving Erickson, Sing It Again! Chicago, IL: Covenant Press, 1985. HymnTime, Web, Oct. 13, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 James Lewis Milligan, Hymnary.org. Web, Apr. 27, 2019.
- ↑ Search results = au:James Lewis Milligan, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 13, 2013.
External links[]
- Poems
- "They Shall Return" at The Great War, 1914-1918
- James Lewis Miligan at Hymntime (1 hymn)
- 2 poems by Milligan at The Poetry of Scotland: ”Wi’ Tam O’Shanter, at his nappy,” ”The Pipers”
- "James Lewis Miligan at Hymnary.org (3 hymns)
- 7 poems by Milligan: "The Thrush's Song," "Heart Winter," "Under the Snow," "Paradise Lost," "April Again," "Spring Among the Ruins," "October"
- Books
- James Lewis Milligan at Amazon.com
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