Samuel Waddington
English poet, anthologist, and civil servant
About Samuel Waddington
Lived 1844 – 1923 (aged 78–79). Samuel Waddington was an English and British poet, anthologist, civil servant, traveler and editor.
Samuel Waddington (1844 – 7 November 1923) was a British civil servant, traveller and poet.
Life He was the second son of Thomas Waddington of Boston Spa, Yorkshire. He was educated at St Peter's School, York and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford in 1862, graduating B.A. in 1865.
Waddington worked in the marine department of the Board of Trade. He died in Kilburn on 7 November 1923. He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
Works English Sonnets by Living Writers (1881) Arthur Hugh Clough: A Monograph (1883) Chapters of My Life (1909) autobiography
Waddington wrote for periodicals including The Academy, the Athenaeum, and the Pall Mall Gazette.
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English poet, anthologist, and civil servant
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Samuel Waddington was born in 1844.
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Samuel Waddington died in 1923 in Kilburn.
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