John Liddell Kelly Explained

John Liddell Kelly (19 February 1850 – 10 December 1925) was a British journalist and poet.^[1]

Biography

Born near Airdrie, Scotland, Kelly left school at the age of eleven and was self-educated afterwards. He married in 1870 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1880 on account of his health.^[2] In New Zealand he served as sub-editor for the Auckland Star^[3] and wrote humorous verses for the Auckland Observer.^[4] He also worked for the Lyttelton Times and the New Zealand Times.

Works

• (1885). Tahiti, the Land of Love and Beauty.
• (1887). Tarawera, or the Curse of Tuhoto.
• (1890). Zealandia's Jubilee.
• (1902). Heather and Fern.

Notes and References

1. "Kelly, John Liddell (1850–1925)," The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Ed. by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie, Oxford University Press, 1998.
2. Sladen, Douglas B.W. (1890). Australian Poets, 1788-1888. New York: Cassell Publishing Company, p. 265.
3. Sladen (1890), p. 265.
4. Sladen (1890), p. 266.