Henry Bernard Carpenter (April 22, 1840 – July 17, 1890), was an Irish Unitarian clergyman, orator, author, and poet.[1][2] Educated at Oxford University, his written works were principally in verse, three of which were published, The Oatmeal Crusaders, or A Nine Days' Wander Round, Up and Down Mount Washington, Being a Serio-comic Poem (1875), Liber amoris, Being the Book of Love of Brother Aurelius (1886),[3] and A Poet's Last Songs (1891)[4] published posthumously.
Henry Bernard Carpenter | |
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| Born | April 22, 1840 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | July 17, 1890 (aged 50) Sorrento, Maine, United States |
| Notable works | The Oatmeal Crusaders, Being a Serio-comic poem |
| Spouse | Emma Bailey (m.1878–90; his death) |
| Children | 1 |
Personal
editCarpenter was a son of the Reverend Henry Carpenter, perpetual curate of St Michael's Church, Aigburth, Liverpool, at his death in 1864,[5] and his wife Hester Boyd, of Derry, sister of Archibald Boyd, Dean of Exeter.[6] His brother was William Boyd Carpenter, the Anglican Bishop of Ripon.[7] With father, uncle, and brother in the established church, Henry Bernard Carpenter also made a life as a cleric, but within the Unitarian Church rather than Anglicanism.He married Emma Bailey in 1878, and had a son named Henry in 1882.[8]
Death
editCarpenter died on July 17, 1890, at the age of 50, he was survived by his wife and his 8 year old son. Carpenter received tributes from many, including poet and journalist John Boyle O'Reilly (who died less than a month after Carpenter). He was buried in North Bridgton Cemetery.
References
edit- ^ Thomas William Herringshaw. 1905. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Chicago, Ill.: American Publishers' Association, p. 194.
- ^ "Sudden Death of a Minister; The Rev. Henry Bernard Carpenter Falls Dead While Dressing." The New York Times, July 18, 1890.
- ^ Henry Bernard Carpenter. 1886. Liber amoris, Being the Book of Love of Brother Aurelius. Boston: Ticknor and Company.
- ^ Henry Bernard Carpenter, with an introduction by James Jeffrey Roche. 1891. A Poet's Last Songs. Boston: Joseph George Cupples.
- ^ Boase, op. cit.
- ^ David Morris, 'Bishop Boyd Carpenter: Sheep or Shepherd in the Eugenics Movement?' Archived 6 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, The Galton Institute Newsletter, 55, June 2005
- ^ The New York Times, op. cit.
- ^ Roche, Introduction, A Poet's Last Songs, op. cit.