Samuel Waddington Explained

Samuel Waddington (1844 – 7 November 1923) was a British civil servant, traveller and poet.

Life

He was the second son of Thomas Waddington of Boston Spa, Yorkshire. He was educated at St Peter's School, York and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1862, graduating B.A. in 1865.^[1]

Waddington worked in the marine department of the Board of Trade.^[2] He died in Kilburn on 7 November 1923.^[3] He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.^[4]

Works

• English Sonnets by Living Writers (1881)^[5]
• Arthur Hugh Clough

A Monograph (1883)

• Collected Poems (1902)^[6]
• Chapters of My Life (1909) autobiography^[5]

Waddington wrote for periodicals including The Academy, the Athenaeum, and the Pall Mall Gazette.^[6]

Notes and References

1. [s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Waddington, Samuel]
2. 32845. Nilanjana. Banerji. Dobson, (Henry) Austin.
3. News: Was Biographer and Anthologist . . London . 19 . 1923-12-01 . 2019-12-30 . Newspapers.com.
4. Book: Paths of Glory. 1997. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 102.
5. Book: William Morris. The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume I: 1848-1880. 14 July 2014. Princeton University Press. 978-1-4008-5618-3. 574 note 1.
6. Book: Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Sir Hall Caine. Dear Mr Rossetti: The Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Hall Caine 1878-1881. 1 April 2000. A&C Black. 978-1-84127-050-0. 288 note 80.