William Allingham
William Allingham (born March 19, 1824 or 1828 in Ballyshannon , County Donegal , Ireland , † November 18, 1889 in Hampstead , London ) was an Irish writer and poet.
Allingham was the son of a bank clerk of English descent. He worked for Customs until 1870 and from then on for Fraser's Magazine . From 1874 to 1879 he was the editorial director of this magazine, succeeding James Anthony Froude .
Allingham's first volume of poetry was published in 1850, the second, Day and Night Songs, in 1855, with illustrations by Allingham's friend Dante Gabriel Rossetti . Lawrence Bloomfield in Ireland , a narrative poem dealing with Ireland's social issues, appeared in 1864.
In 1874 Allingham married Helen Paterson, who was considerably younger than him .
Further works: Fifty Modern Poems (1865), Songs, Poems, and Ballads (1877), Evil May Day (1883), Blackberries (1884), Irish Songs and Poems (1887), and Varieties in Prose (1893).
Allingham's best known poem is "The Faeries". His likes to quote opening lines are: Up the airy mountain / Down the rushy glen / We daren't go a-hunting / For fear of little men ... .
Web links
- Works by William Allingham on the Internet Archive - online
- Works by William Allingham in the Gutenberg project
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allingham, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish man of letters and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1824 or March 19, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ballyshannon , County Donegal , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1889 |
| Place of death | Hampstead , London |