I lived from 1861-1936. I was from England, and am in the English category.
Owen Seaman was born in Shrewsbury on the 18th of September 1861, the son of William Mantle Seaman and Sarah Ann Balls. He attended Shrewsbury School and Clare College Cambridge and later worked as a schoolmaster at Rossall School. He continued to become professor of literature at Durham College of Science in Newcastle and in 1897 he became a barrister of the Inner Temple.
He was a well known writer of satire submitting his first successful work, “Rhyme of the Kipperling” to Punch magazine in 1894. A whole volume of satirical works was published later that year. In 1897 he joined the Punch staff and became assistant editor in 1902 before becoming editor in 1906. A.A. Milne, the author of the Winnie-the-pooh stories worked as his assistant and it is possible that the gloomy donkey Eeyore my have been inspired by Seaman’s disposition.
Seaman was knighted in 1914 and during the war he wrote many patriotic verses which have been considered to be more shows of optimism and devotion than genuine works of genius. In 1933 Seaman was created a baronet and he died in 1936.
He was a well known writer of satire submitting his first successful work, “Rhyme of the Kipperling” to Punch magazine in 1894. A whole volume of satirical works was published later that year. In 1897 he joined the Punch staff and became assistant editor in 1902 before becoming editor in 1906. A.A. Milne, the author of the Winnie-the-pooh stories worked as his assistant and it is possible that the gloomy donkey Eeyore my have been inspired by Seaman’s disposition.
Seaman was knighted in 1914 and during the war he wrote many patriotic verses which have been considered to be more shows of optimism and devotion than genuine works of genius. In 1933 Seaman was created a baronet and he died in 1936.
Popular poetry
- England, in this great fight to which you go
Because, where Honour calls you, go you must,32 lines - Away by the haunts of the Yang-tse-boo,
Where the Yuletide runs cold gin,87 lines, 5 comments - There are who hanker for a touch of colour,
So to relieve their sombre air;47 lines - Land of the desolate, Mother of tears,
Weeping your beauty marred and torn,18 lines - He died, as soldiers die, amid the strife,
Mindful of England in his latest prayer;33 lines
