Henry Houlding Poet and Journalist, Burnley

Henry Houlding Poet and Journalist, Burnley
Henry Houlding Poet and Journalist, Burnley
Henry Houlding Poet and Journalist, Burnley
277700
EBU20190122004
Henry Houlding Poet and Journalist, Burnley
Burnley
Henry Houlding, Sydney Hodges, John Allen
25.5.1824 d 22.1.1901( same day as Queen Victoria. ) Leading light of the Burnley Literay scene, radical, editor of the Burnley Gazette, "father" of the Burnley Literary and Philosophical society. On 13.8.1896 a portrait of him by leading portrait painter Sydney Hodges was unveiled at the Mechanics Institute paid for by subscription by his friends and admirers.
His funeral took place on 26.1. 1901. The Burnley Gazette 30.1.01 printed a poem in his memory by John Allen.
Postcard
Monochrome
9.5 x 7
1901
Enter year in yyyy format
T51
This item includes these files
Image
Image