W.M.W. Call (1817-1890), Reverberations, 1849. Nabu Press, 2010. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Rev. Wathen Marks Wilks Call (1817-1890) was an English poet and cleric.[1]
Life[]
Call attended St John's College, Cambridge, where he earned a B.A. from in 1842 and an M.A. in 1846.[1]
He took holy orders and served as a curate, 1846-1856. He then left the church as a result of reading Auguste Comte. He was an original editor of Cambridge Magazine; he also contibuted to Leader, Westminster Review, Cornhill Magazine, Theological Review, and Fortnightly Review.[2]
Call married Elizabeth Rebecca Brabant "Rufa" Hennell in 1857. He was a friend of Moncure Daniel Conway, George Eliot, and George Henry Lewes.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Reverberations. London: John Chapman, 1849
- revised edition, London: Trubner, 1875.
- Golden Histories. London: Smith, Elder, 1871.
Non-fiction[]
- Final Causes: A refutation. London: Kegan Paul, 1891.
Translated[]
- Lyra Hellenica. Cambridge, UK: W.P. Grant / G. Bell, London, 1842.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wathen Mark Wilks Call, 1817-1890, Sue Young Histories, September 13 2008. Web, Feb. 1, 2017.
- ↑ Anne Lohrli, "Wathen Mark Wilks Call", Dickens Journals Online. Web, Feb. 1, 2017.
- ↑ Search results = au:Wathen Call, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Feb. 1, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- 2 poems by Call: "May," "Summer Days"
- Call in A Victorian Anthology: "The People's Petition," "Summer Days"
- Call in the Oxford Book of Victorian Verse: Hymn: "When by the marbled lake I lie and listen:, "The People's Petition," "Renunciation"
- Books
- Wathen Mark W. Call at Amazon.com
- About
- Wathen Mark Wilks Call at Dickens Journals Online
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