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A Survey of African Poetry in the London Times, Sunday Times, Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement 1865-1985

Walrond, Francis Ernley

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Scotland
Birth date: 1875-01-01
Birth location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Death date: 1950-01-01
Francis Ernley Walrond was born in England but moved to South Africa in 1904. Walrond was both a poet and a bank manager, and he co-founded the Veldsingers' Club. He produced a poetry collection in 1912, "The Gods of Africa and Other Poems," and his poem "Eve" was first published for a centenary collection of South African verse. https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/walrond-francis-ernley

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