Ernest Radford
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Ernest Radford was an English
poet, critic and socialist. He was a follower of William Morris
, and one of the organisers in the Arts and Crafts Movement
; he acted as secretary to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
He was also one of the Rhymers' Club
group of poets of the 1890s
, contributing to the two anthologies they produced. He married in 1883 Caroline Maitland (1858–1920), generally known as Dollie Radford
, and also a poet and writer.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
poet, critic and socialist. He was a follower of William Morris
William Morris
William Morris 24 March 18343 October 1896 was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement...
, and one of the organisers in the Arts and Crafts Movement
Arts and Crafts movement
Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 , continuing its influence until the 1930s...
; he acted as secretary to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
He was also one of the Rhymers' Club
Rhymers' Club
The Rhymers' Club was a group of London-based poets, founded in 1890 by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys. Originally not much more than a dining club, it produced anthologies of poetry in 1892 and 1894...
group of poets of the 1890s
1890s
The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the "Mauve Decade" - because William Henry Perkin's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion - and also as the "Gay Nineties", under the then-current usage of the word "gay" which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...
, contributing to the two anthologies they produced. He married in 1883 Caroline Maitland (1858–1920), generally known as Dollie Radford
Dollie Radford
Caroline Maitland was an English poet and writer. She married in 1883 Ernest Radford, and wrote as Dollie Radford. They had three children, one being Maitland Radford....
, and also a poet and writer.
Works
- From Heine (1882) translations
- Measured Steps (1884)
- The Poems of Walter Savage Landor (1889)
- Chambers Twain (1890)
- Old And New (1895)
- A Collection of Poems (1906) with others
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1908) biography
- Songs In The Whirlwind (1918) with Ada Radford