16-492: Brereton may refer to: People [ edit ] Brereton (surname) Places [ edit ] Brereton, Barbados Brereton, Cheshire , England Brereton Hall , Cheshire Brereton, Illinois , USA Brereton, Staffordshire , England Other uses [ edit ] Baron Brereton , a title in the Peerage of Ireland Brereton House, official residence of
32-501: A vegetarian in his youth and never lapsed throughout his life. Brereton had several occupations and continued his writing, in 1896 he published Perdita, A Sonnet Record , and The Song of Brotherhood and Other Verses . These were followed in 1897 by Sweetheart Mine: Lyrics of Love and Friendship and by Landlopers in (1899), mostly prose, based on a walking tour with Dowell Philip O'Reilly . The verse in Brereton's earlier volumes
48-923: Is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Picton Brereton (1892–1976), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross Ben Brereton Díaz (born 1999), Chilean footballer Bridget Brereton (born 1946), Trinidad and Tobago-based historian Cuthbert A. Brereton (1850–1910), British civil engineer Dan Brereton (born 1965), American artist and illustrator Dermott Brereton (born 1964), Australian rules footballer Ernest Le Gay Brereton (1869–1932), Australian mining engineer and academic Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957), British author Henry E. H. Brereton (1865–1957), New York politician Jack Brereton (born 1991), British politician John Brereton (disambiguation) , several people John Brereton, 4th Baron Brereton (1659–1718), English baron in
64-592: The Dover Castle from England , arriving in Melbourne on 25 July 1859 and then moved to Sydney. The younger Brereton was educated at Sydney Grammar School from 1881 and the University of Sydney where he graduated BA (1894), reading English under Professor Sir Mungo MacCallum . He was editor of Hermes , the student literary annual, and became the university's chief librarian in 1915. Brereton became
80-542: The Sydney Morning Herald , often under the pseudonym 'Basil Garstang'. Brereton died suddenly on 2 February 1933 near Tamworth, New South Wales while on a caravan tour. He had married in 1900 Winifred Odd, who survived him with a daughter and four sons. As an Elizabethan scholar, his only rival in Australia in his day was Ernest Henry Clark Oliphant . His prose work was interesting and sensitive, and
96-515: The Principal of Karachi Grammar School , named after The Rev. Henry Brereton Brereton Social F.C. , a football club based in Brereton in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Brereton . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
112-624: The Royal Horse Artillery William Brereton (cricketer) (1786–1851), English cricketer William Brereton (priest) (1726–1812), Archdeacon of Lichfield, 1782–1801 William Brereton (planter) (died 1822), planter in British Guiana [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Brereton . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
128-479: The best of his verse gives him an assured place among Australian poets. He was entirely unselfish and did much for Lawson when he was most in need of friends. He was a close friend of and collaborator with Henry Lawson (whom he met in late 1894 through Mary Cameron, later Dame Mary Gilmore ), and Christopher Brennan . For at least part of his life, he was a disciple of Annie Besant . Brereton Park in East Ryde
144-425: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brereton&oldid=745709781 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brereton (surname) Brereton
160-421: The merit belonging to comparatively few Australian plays that it is actable. World War I led to Brereton producing a slender volume of verse published in 1919, The Burning Marl , dedicated to "All who have fought nobly". In 1921 he was appointed professor of English literature at the University of Sydney. Brereton produced a volume of poems, Swags Up (1928), and a collection of his prose articles and stories
176-1313: The peerage of Ireland John Brereton (Adventurer and clergyman) (c. 1571–c. 1632), English gentleman adventurer, clergyman, and chronicler John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933), Australian poet John Brereton (footballer) (1935–2021), Australian footballer John Brereton (Irish lawyer) (1576–1629), English-born lawyer Joseph Lloyd Brereton (1822–1901), English educational reformer and writer Kevin Brereton (born 1972), Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer Laurie Brereton (born 1946), Australian politician Lewis H. Brereton (1890–1967), American military aviation pioneer Mocky Brereton , New Zealand rugby league footballer Patrick Brereton , author and academic at Dublin City University Paul Brereton (born 1957), Australian judge and soldier Robert Maitland Brereton (1834–1911), English railway engineer Robert Pearson Brereton (1818–1894), British engineer and colleague of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Thomas Brereton (1782–1831), Irish soldier, governor of Senegal William Brereton (disambiguation) , several people William Brereton (fl. 1406–1432) , MP for Midhurst and Chichester William Brereton (courtier) (d. 1536) in
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#1732776807060192-414: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brereton_(surname)&oldid=1227447437 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles John Le Gay Brereton John Le Gay Brereton (2 September 1871 – 2 February 1933)
208-697: The privy chamber of Henry VIII Sir William Brereton (died 1559) (c. 1520–1559), MP for Cheshire Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet (1604–1661), Parliamentary General in the English Civil War William Brereton, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Lords Brereton William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton (1550–1630), MP for Cheshire in 1597, 1614 and 1621 William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton (1611–1664), MP for Cheshire in 1661 William Brereton, 3rd Baron Brereton (1631–1680), MP for Newton in 1659 and Bossiney 1660 William Brereton (British Army officer) (1789–1864), colonel in
224-599: Was an Australian poet , critic and professor of English at the University of Sydney . He was the first president of the Fellowship of Australian Writers when it was formed in Sydney in 1928. Brereton was born in Sydney , the fifth son of John Le Gay Brereton (1827–1886), a well-known Sydney physician who published five volumes of verse between 1857 and 1887, and his wife Mary, née Tongue. His parents had travelled on
240-511: Was pleasant but not very distinguished; however, Sea and Sky (1908) contained stronger work. In 1909 his volume Elizabethan Drama Notes and Studies proclaimed him a scholar of unusual ability and knowledge, and his studies in this period stimulated him to write his one-act play in blank verse To-Morrow: A Dramatic Sketch of the Character and Environment of Robert Greene . This is possibly the best Australian poetical play of its period, and has
256-590: Was published under the title of Knocking Round (1930). The sketches of Henry Lawson and Dowell O'Reilly are of particular interest. His edition of Lust's Dominion was sent to the Catholic University of Leuven , Belgium in 1914 but was thought lost in the German invasion; it was finally published there in 1931. So Long, Mick! a short one-act play in prose, was also published in 1931. Brereton contributed many letters and poems on diverse subjects to
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