Henry Bernard Carpenter

Henry Bernard Carpenter
Born (1840-04-22)April 22, 1840
Dublin, Ireland
Died July 17, 1890(1890-07-17) (aged 50)
Sorrento, Maine, United States
Notable works

The Oatmeal Crusaders,

Being a Serio-comic poem
Spouse Emma Bailey (m.1878–90; his death)
Children 1

Henry Bernard Carpenter (April 22, 1840 – July 17, 1890), was an Irish Unitarian clergyman, orator,

author, and poet.[1][2] Educated at Oxford University, his written works were principally in verse, three of which were published, The Oatmeal Crusaders, or A Nine Days' Wander Round, Up and Down Mount Washington, Being a Serio-comic Poem (1875), Liber amoris, Being the Book of Love of Brother Aurelius (1886),[3] and A Poet's Last Songs (1891)[4] published posthumously.

Personal

Carpenter was a son of the Reverend Henry Carpenter, perpetual curate of St. Michael's, Liverpool at his death in 1864,[5] and brother of William Boyd Carpenter, the Anglican Bishop of Ripon.[6] He married Emma Bailey in 1878, and had a son named Henry in 1882.[7]

Death

Carpenter died on July 17, 1890 at the age of 50, he was survived by his wife and his 8 year old son. Carpenter received tributes from many, including poet and journalist John Boyle O'Reilly (who died less than a month after Carpenter). He was buried in North Bridgton Cemetery.

References

  1. ↑ Thomas William Herringshaw. 1905. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. Chicago, Ill.: American Publishers' Association, p. 194.
  2. ↑ "Sudden Death of a Minister; The Rev. Henry Bernard Carpenter Falls Dead While Dressing." The New York Times, July 18, 1890.
  3. ↑ Henry Bernard Carpenter. 1886. Liber amoris, Being the Book of Love of Brother Aurelius. Boston: Ticknor and Company.
  4. ↑ Henry Bernard Carpenter, with an introduction by James Jeffrey Roche. 1891. A Poet's Last Songs. Boston: Joseph George Cupples.
  5. ↑ Boase, op. cit.
  6. ↑ The New York Times, op. cit.
  7. ↑ Roche, Introduction, A Poet's Last Songs, op. cit.
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