About John Francis Bloxam
Lived 1873 – 1928 (aged 54–55). John Francis Bloxam was a writer.
John Francis Bloxam (also known as Jack Bloxam The story details the love affair of a young Anglican priest and his lover, a 14-year-old boy. The affair, when discovered, triggers a suicide pact of both priest and boy. A poem, A Summer Hour, also with pederastic themes, appeared in The Artist. The contents of The Chameleon, which also included Lord Alfred Douglas's notorious poem Two Loves, would be used against Oscar Wilde in his trial. Bloxam was a convert to Anglo-Catholicism, and became a priest.
Selected publications "The Priest and the Acolyte", The Chameleon: a Bazaar of Dangerous and Smiling Chances .
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Who was John Francis Bloxam?
British writer
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John Francis Bloxam was born in 1873.
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John Francis Bloxam died in 1928.
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John Francis Bloxam was a writer.
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