George Reginald Margetson Explained

George Reginald Margetson (1877 - c.1952) was a stationary engineer and poet. He was born in St. Kitts, British West Indies.^[1] He moved to the United States in 1897 and resided in Boston.^[2]

He graduated from Bethel Moravian School in 1895. He married Elizabeth Matthews and had "a large family." He lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[3]

His book Fledging Bard and the Poetry Society is a single poem covering 100 pages. His work includes satire.^[4]

He died around 1952.

Publishings

• England in the West Indies; a neglected and degenerating empire Cambridge, Massachusetts (1906)
• Ethiopia’s Flight: The Negro Question; Or, The White Man’s Fear (1907)^[3]
• Songs of Life collection (Sherman, French & Company, 1910)
• The Call to Duty' (1910)^[5]
• The fledgling bard and the poetry society Richard G. Badger, Boston, Copp Clark, Toronto (c. 1916)^{[6] [7]}
• Songs of life Sherman, French & Company, Boaton (1910)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poets . Academy of American . About George Reginald Margetson Academy of American Poets . poets.org . 19 November 2022.
2. Book: An Anthology of Negro Poetry . 1937 . United States. Works Projects Administration. New Jersey .
3. Book: An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes . 9780598606396 . 1924 . Trinity College Press .
4. Book: The Book of American Negro Poetry . 9780156135399 . 1983 . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt .
5. News: Poets . Academy of American . The Call to Duty by George Reginald Margetson - Poems Academy of American Poets . 19 November 2022 . poets.org.
6. Book: The Fledgling Bard and the Poetry Society . 1916 . Richard G. Badger .
7. Book: The Book of American Negro Poetry . 1922 . Harcourt, Brace . 9781548519360 .
8. Web site: Margetson, George Reginald | The Online Books Page. onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.