John Liddell Kelly
Illustration — John Liddell Kelly. John Liddell Kelly (19 February 1850 – 10 December 1925) was a British journalist and poet.
John Liddell Kelly
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- Born
- 1850
- Died
- 1925
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- journalist · poet
- Languages
- English
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Born near Airdrie, Scotland, Kelly left school at the age of eleven and was self-educated afterwards. He married in 1870 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1880 on account of his health. In New Zealand he served as sub-editor for the Auckland Star and wrote humorous verses for the Auckland Observer. He also worked for the Lyttelton Times and the New Zealand Times.
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• (1885). Tahiti, the Land of Love and Beauty. • (1887). Tarawera, or the Curse of Tuhoto. • (1890). Zealandia's Jubilee. • (1902). Heather and Fern.
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- 1."Kelly, John Liddell (1850–1925)," The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Ed. by Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie, Oxford University Press, 1998.
- 2.Sladen, Douglas B.W. (1890). Australian Poets, 1788-1888. New York: Cassell Publishing Company, p. 265.
- 3.Sladen (1890), p. 265.
- 4.Sladen (1890), p. 266.
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