Francis Edwin Murray

Francis Edwin Murray (1854-1932) was a Uranian poet and publisher of the late 19th and early 20th century. Almost totally forgotten today, his books of verse include Rondeaux of Boyhood (1923), limited to 300 copies, and From a Lover's Garden: More Rondeaux and Other Verses of Boyhood (1924), limited to 225 copies.^[1] The former was written under the pseudoynm A. Newman. The latter contained an introduction by fellow Uranian John Gambril Nicholson. Murray also wrote a bibliography of Austin Dobson, published in 1900. Murray worked as a printer, bookseller and publisher in Brompton Road, London.^[2] He printed the works of other Uranians, including John Leslie Barford.

References

^ Uranian Poetry on glbtq.com.
^ Nelson, James G. Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson. Penn State Press, 2000.

Smith, Timothy D'Arch. Love in Earnest: Some Notes on the Lives and Writings of English "Uranian" Poets from 1889 to 1930. Routledge & K. Paul, 1970.

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Name	Murray, Francis Edwin
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Date of birth	1854
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Date of death	1932
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