Palmer, Herbert E. (Herbert Edward), 1880-

Epithet: poet

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x000316

Poet, literary critic, lecturer.

From the description of Papers, 1918-1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370456

From the description of Herbert Palmer papers, 1918-1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68796018

Herbert Edward Palmer, lyric and narrative poet and critic, was born in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire on 10 February 1880 and educated at Birmingham and later Bonn Universities. For many years he worked as a schoolmaster. In 1921 he relinquished his post as English master at St. Alban's school to devote himself to a full-time literary career. His Collected Poems were published in 1933. He published an autobiography, The Mistletoe Child, in 1935. Palmer died on 17 May 1961. The recipient of his letter was Leonard Alfred George Strong (1896-1958), author, journalist, and a director of Methuen Ltd. from 1938 to 1958.

From the description of Letter to L.A.G. Strong / by Herbert Edward Palmer. [194-?] (McMaster University). WorldCat record id: 181807384