Person    | Male  Born 2/8/1867  Died 23/2/1900

Ernest Dowson

Categories: Poetry

Poet. Born Kent. A member of The Rhymers' Club. At the end of his life he was impoverished and was looked after by Robert Sherard at his house at 26 Sandhurst Gardens, Catford, where he died.

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