Poet, playwright,
critic, and editor, born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, SWC England,
UK. wrote A Book of Verses (1888) which won him the friendship of R L
Stevenson
He was a pungent critic, and
successfully edited the National Observer. He was joint compiler
of a dictionary of slang and published several books of verse,
including his best-known poem, "Invictus'.