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Thomson, James (1834 - 1882)

Index to poems

  1. The City of Dreadful Night
  2. Sunday Up the River
Biography: 
  • Ridler, Ann Margaret. "Thomson, James (1834–1882)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
Given Name: 
James
Family Name: 
Thomson
Pseudonym(s): 
Vanolis, Bysshe
Birth Date: 
November 23, 1834
Death Date: 
June 3, 1882
Nationality: 
Scottish
Family Relations: 
father : James Thomson
mother : Sarah Thomson

Education

Spoken Languages: 
English
French
German
Italian

Occupations

Literary Period: 
Victorian
Literary Movement: 
Unknown

Illness

Cause of Death: 
Haemorrhage
Buried At: 
in the grave of Austin Holyoake in Highgate cemetery
First RPO Edition: 
1996-2000