About John Leslie Barford
Lived 1886 – 1937 (aged 50–51). John Leslie Barford was a poet and writer.
John Leslie Barford (1886–1937) was an English Uranian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Philebus.
According to Timothy D'Arch Smith, he was a doctor in the Merchant Navy. His works, which were privately printed, include Ladslove Lyrics (1918), Young Things (1921), Fantasies (1923) and Whimsies (1934).
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British writer
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John Leslie Barford was born in 1886.
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John Leslie Barford died in 1937.
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John Leslie Barford was a poet and writer.
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