Edwin Waugh (1817 - 1890), poet, son of a shoemaker, was born at Rochdale and, after a little schooling, apprenticed to a printer. He read eagerly, and became assistant secretary to the Lancashire Public School Association. He first attracted attention by his sketches of Lancashire life and character in the Manchester Examiner. He wrote also in prose Factory Folk, Besom Ben Stories, and The Chimney Corner. His best work was, perhaps, his dialect songs, collected as Poems and Songs (1859), which brought him great local fame. He was possessed of considerable literary gift, and has been called "the Lancashire Burns." 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ...
This article incorporates text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature is a collection of biographies of writers by John W. Cousin, published around 1910. ...
For a player who, throughout his career, has gone out of his way to make opportunities to meet top performers from other disciplines and learn from them, the trip's standout feature was the opportunity to renew acquaintances with legends from the sporting world.
He also raved about legendary hurdler Edwin Moses and said he enjoyed spending time with the likes of skiing legend Franz Klammer (the Austrian astronaut who won 25 World Cup events in downhill skiing) and Daley Thompson, the greatest decathlete of all time.
Waugh, who visits India three-four times each year in his capacity as Macquarie Bank's public face in India, says plans are at an advanced stage for the launch of the Steve Waugh Charitable Trust International, to be headquartered in Mumbai and to serve as his vehicle for charitable works in India.
Yes, some had unfavourably compared his literary talents to those of his father, Evelyn Waugh, but 'the difference between Auberon and Evelyn', said his brother-in-law the Earl of Onslow, 'was that Auberon was a nice man and Evelyn was a shit'.
The journalistic style of the 'Waugh coterie' is 'empty and destructive', says Toynbee, as 'all that matters is a joke or two'.
It's lazy: Waugh's 'knee-jerk abuse of any politician' was not a badge of honesty, but 'an idle unwillingness to engage with any politician's attempt to make life better for anyone else'.
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