Alfred Noyes (September 16, 1880 – June 28, 1958) was an English poet, best known for his ballads The Highwayman (1906) and The Barrel Organ. September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in Wolverhampton, England, he was the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams Noyes. Noyes attended Exeter College, Oxford, leaving before he had earned a degree.

At 21 years of age, he published his first collection of poems, The Loom Years. From 1903 to 1908, Noyes published five volumes of poetry books, including The Forest of Wild Thyme and The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems. 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1907, he married Garnett Daniels. He was given the opportunity to teach English literature at Princeton University, where he taught from 1914 until 1923. Noyes' wife died in 1926, resulting in his conversion to Roman Catholicism. He wrote about his conversion in The Unknown God, published in 1934. Noyes later married Mary Angela Mayne Weld-Blundell, from an old recusant Catholic family. They had three children, namely, Henry, Veronica, and Margaret. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... In the history of England, recusancy was a term used to describe the statutory offence of not complying with the establishment of the Church of England. ...

He later started dictating his work as a result of increasing blindness. In 1953, his autobiography, Two Worlds for Memory, was published. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...

Noyes died at the age of 77 and was buried on the Isle of Wight. He authored around sixty books, including poetry volumes, novels, and short stories. Noyes' poetry supports patriotism and war heroes, reflects his appreciation for nature, his respect for explorers of the scientific world, and his faith in God. The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... Defense of the homeland is a commonplace of military patriotism: The statue in the courtyard of École polytechnique, Paris, commemorating the students involvement in defending France against the 1814 invasion of the Coalition. ...

• Works by Alfred Noyes at Project Gutenberg

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