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Ernest Christopher Dowson (2 August 1867 – 23 February 1900) was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer who is often associated with the Decadent movement . Biography. Ernest Dowson was born in Lee, then in Kent, in 1867. His great-uncle was Alfred Domett, a Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Ernest Dowson (born Aug. 2, 1867, Lee, Kent, Eng.—died Feb. 23, 1900, Lewisham, London) was one of the most gifted of the circle of English poets of the 1890s known as the Decadents. In 1886 Dowson entered Queen’s College, Oxford, but left in 1888 to spend six years working at his father’s dry dock in the Limehouse district of London.
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Ernest Christopher Dowson. English poet. He attended Queens College, Oxford, but left in 1888 without taking a degree. Dowson's life was tragic. In 1894 his father died, and his mother committed suicide six months later. Dowson himself was consumptive, alcoholic, and debt-ridden. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 32.
Oct 2, 2020 · The poetry of Ernest Dowson. by. Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900. Publication date. 1970. Publisher. Rutherford [N.J.] : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Collection.
Jul 11, 2019 · The poems of Ernest Dowson. by. Dowson, Ernest Christopher, 1867-1900. Publication date. 1962. Publisher. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press. Collection.
Ernest Christopher Dowson was a 19 th century English writer who aligned himself with other literary and artistic figures of the time who were, collectively, called Decadents.
Ernest Christopher Dowson (dou´sən), 1867–1900, English poet. He attended Queens College, Oxford, but left in 1888 without taking a degree. Dowson's life was tragic.
