Henry Bellyse Baildon

Dr Henry Bellyse Baildon (1849–1907) was a 19th century Scottish scholar and poet. He was a lifelong friend of Robert Louis Stevenson who featured his house in "The Misadventures of John Nicholson".[1]

Life

The grave of Henry Bellyse Baildon, Dean Cemetery

He was born on 28 August 1849 in Granton, the son of Henry Craven Baildon (d.1881) and his wife, Hannah Bellyse. His father was a pharmaceutical chemist with premises at 73 Princes Street, Edinburgh's primary retail street. The family lived at Duncliffe in the Murrayfield area.[2] His father was founder of the Pharmaceutical Society. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School then boarded in Tunbridge Wells.[3]

He studied Chemistry at Edinburgh University then did further studies at Cambridge University (1868). He later (1898) received a doctorate (PhD) from Freiburg University in Germany. For some time he taught English in Vienna. Returning to Scotland he taught in both Glasgow and Dundee. In Edinburgh he was Honorary Secretary of the Philosophical Society.[4]

He corresponded with Sir Patrick Geddes from 1884 to 1906.[5]

He joined his father as the "Son" of his father's firm H. C. Baildon & Son in 1875. He turned to literature in later life and ended teaching near Dundee.

He was "found dead near Dundee" on 6 September 1907. He is buried with his parents in Dean Cemetery. The grave lies in the north-west linear section, facing south onto an inner path.[6]

Publications

https://archive.org/details/roundtableseries00bailuoft

References


  1. ↑ Robert Louis Stevenson: Interviews and Recollections. Reginald Charles Terry
  2. ↑ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1881
  3. ↑ Alumni Cantibrigiensis vol 2
  4. ↑ Mid-Victorian Poetry 1860-1879, Catherine Reilly
  5. ↑ http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F42957
  6. ↑ https://billiongraves.com/grave/Henry-Bellyse-Baildon/16765484


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