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Thompson (FRANCIS an English poet son)

FRANCIS, an English poet; son of a Lancashire physician; born about 1863. He was educated at Ushaw College, near Durham, and studied medicine at Owens College, Manchester. He determined to take up literature, however, and went to London. His first appearance in print was in the columns of "Merrie England." Collected volumes appeared as follows: "Poems" (1893); "Sister Songs" (1896); "New Poems" (1897); "A Renegade Poet" (1910), and several religious books. He died in 1907.

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