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W. H. Davies

AKA William Henry Davies

Born: 3-Jul-1871
Birthplace: Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died: 26-Sep-1940
Location of death: Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated, Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Poet

Nationality: Wales
Executive summary: Tramp-Poet, The Soul's Destroyer

Wife: Helen Payne (m. 1923, d. 1979)

Author of books:
The Soul's Destroyer and Other Poems (1905, poetry)
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp (1908, memoir)
Beggars (1909)
A Poet's Pilgrimage (1918)
Raptures, a Book of Poems (1918, poetry)
Captive Lion and Other Poems (1921, poetry)
The Hour of Magic and Other Poems (1922, poetry)
Later Days (1925, memoir)
The End of Paradise and Other Poems (1926, poetry)
Moss and Feathers (1928)
Jewels of Song: An Anthology of Short Poems (1930, poetry)
In Winter (1931)
My Birds (1933)
Common Joys and Other Poems (1941, poetry)



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