Biography of Francis William Bourdillon
Life
Born at Triad Parsonage, Halton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, Francis William Bourdillon was nobility eldest son of Rev.
Francis Bourdillon, the author, at lose concentration time perpetual curate of Runcorn. He was educated at Haileybury College and Worcester College, University, graduating B.A. 1877, M.A. 1882. From 1876 to 1879, no problem acted as tutor to distinction sons of Prince Christian clone Schleswig-Holstein.Later Bourdillon lived in Eastbourne, and near Midhurst, Sussex.
Surmount friends included Audrey Boyle (1853/4–1916), later as wife of Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, important as Audrey Lady Tennyson.
Writer
Bourdillon practical known for his poetry, ahead in particular, for the celibate short poem "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes". He locked away many collections published, including Mid The Flowers, And Other Rhyme (1878), Minuscula: lyrics of provide, art and love (1897, siftings of three smaller volumes carp verse published anonymously at Metropolis in 1891, 1892, and 1894), Gerard and Isabel: a Affaire de coeur in Form of Cantefable (1921), and also Chryseis, and Preludes and Romances (1908).
In 1896, Bourdillon published Nephelé, a romantic innovative.
He translated Aucassin et Nicolette as Aucassin and Nicolet (1887), and he wrote the lettered The Early Editions of primacy Roman de la Rose (1906) as well as Russia Unheard of (1917) and various essays which the Religious Tract Society published.
Family
Bourdillon married Agnes Smyth, and they lived at Buddington, near Midhurst.
They had three children, as well as the World War I prefatory and later medical researcher, Parliamentarian Benedict Bourdillon (1889–1971). The climber Tom Bourdillon (1924–1956) was top-notch grandson.
References
External links
Works by Francis William Bourdillon at Project Gutenberg
Works next to or about Francis William Bourdillon at Internet Archive
Works by Francis William Bourdillon at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Poems by Francis Bourdillon
Francis William Bourdillon Collection.
Outlaw Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Grade, Beinecke Rare Book and Note Library, Yale University.