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Thomas Edward Brown

1830–1897

Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897) was a Manx poet, scholar and schoolmaster. Born in Douglas, Isle of Man, the son of the vicar of Braddan, he was educated at King William’s College and at Christ Church, Oxford, and spent most of his working life teaching at Clifton College near Bristol.

His Fo’c’s’le Yarns (1881) and later volumes tell the stories of Manx fishermen, farmers and parsons in rhymed Anglo-Manx dialect, alongside English lyrics of nature, faith and memory. The Collected Poems (1900), prepared by his friends H. F. Brown, H. G. Dakyns and W. E. Henley, with an introduction by Henley, brought them together with some verse that had not been published in his lifetime.

Major Works (12)

Bella Gorry — Narrative poem, 1900
Betsy Lee — Narrative poem, 1900
Captain Tom and Captain Hugh — Narrative poem, 1900
Christmas Rose — Narrative poem, 1900
Job the White — Narrative poem, 1900
Kitty of the Sherragh Vane — Narrative poem, 1900
Mary Quayle — Narrative poem, 1900
The Doctor — Narrative poem, 1900
The Indiaman — Narrative poem, 1900
The Manx Witch — Narrative poem, 1900
The Schoolmasters — Narrative poem, 1900
Tommy Big-Eyes — Narrative poem, 1900

Poems (119)

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