Biography
Howard Vigne Sutherland was born in Cape Town, South Africa on August 3, 1868, the son of Thomas and Sophy (Fairbridge) Sutherland. He was a playwright, journalist, and poet who authored Jacinta, a California idyll and other verses (1900); Bigg's bar, and other Klondyke ballads (1901); Songs of a city (1904); Idylls of Greece, 3 series (1908-1914); and Out of the North (1913), among other works.
From the guide to the Howard Vigne Sutherland Papers, 1901-1910, (University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)