- Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes (
September 16 ,1880 –June 28 ,1958 ) [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9056423/Alfred-Noyes] According to some sources, he died on June 25, but others, includingEncyclopædia Britannica give the date as June 28] was an English poet, best known for his ballads "The Highwayman" (1906) and "The Barrel Organ".Life
Born in
Wolverhampton, England , he was the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams Noyes. Noyes attendedExeter College, Oxford , leaving before he had earned a degree. In 1907, he married Garnett Daniels. He was given the opportunity to teach English literature atPrinceton University , where he taught from 1914 until 1923. Noyes' wife died in 1926, resulting in his conversion toRoman Catholicism . He wrote about his conversion in "The Unknown God", published in 1934.Noyes later married Mary Angela Mayne Weld-Blundell, who had first married into the old recusant Catholic [Weld-Blundell family] . [http://www.thepeerage.com/p4558.htm#i45579] They settled at Lisle Combe, near
Ventnor on theIsle of Wight and had three children: Hugh, Veronica, and Margaret. His younger daughter married Michael Nolan (later Lord Nolan) in 1953.Noyes died at the age of 77 and was buried on the Isle of Wight.
Works
At 21 years of age, he published his first collection of poems, "The Loom Years". From 1903 to 1908, Noyes published five volumes of poetry books, including "The Forest of Wild Thyme" and "The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems".
He later started dictating his work as a result of increasing blindness. In 1953, his autobiography, "Two Worlds for Memory", was published. He authored around sixty books, including poetry volumes, novels, and short stories.
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* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype%3A(texts)%20-contributor%3Agutenberg%20AND%20(subject%3A%22Noyes%2C%20Alfred%2C%201880-1958%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Noyes%2C%20Alfred%2C%201880-1958%22) Works by or about Alfred Noyes] at
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* [http://www.escape-suspense.com/2007/11/escape---log-of.html "Escape"'s radio adaptation of Noye's "Log of the Evening Star"]
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