25-781: John Davidson may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] John Davidson (poet) (1857–1909), Scottish poet and playwright John Davidson (actor, born 1886) (1886–1968), American actor John Davidson (entertainer) (born 1941), American television actor and game show host Military [ edit ] John Davidson (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1818–1881), English naval surgeon John Wynn Davidson (1825–1881), U.S. Army major general John F. Davidson (1908–1989), U.S. Navy admiral Politics and law [ edit ] John Davidson (Lower Canada politician) (died 1838), Canadian merchant, civil servant and politician John S. Davidson (1846–1894), American politician, member of
50-664: A Glasgow imprint in 1886. Four other plays, Smith, a Tragic Farce (1888), An Unhistorical Pastoral (1889), Aromantic Farce (1889), and the brilliant pantomimic Scaramouch in Naxos (1889) were also published while he was in Scotland. Besides writing for the Speaker, the Glasgow Herald, and other papers, he produced several novels and tales, of which the best was Perfervid (1890). But these prose works were written for
75-426: A Royal Medal in 1999 John Davidson (Tourette syndrome campaigner) (born 1972/1973), Scottish subject of a BBC documentary John's Not Mad See also [ edit ] John Davison (disambiguation) Davidson (name) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
100-403: A Vivisector (1901), The Testament of a Man Forbid (1901), The Testament of an Empire Builder (1902), and The Testament of John Davidson (1908). Though he disclaimed the title of philosopher, he expounded an original philosophy which was at once materialistic and aristocratic. The cosmic process, as interpreted by evolution, was for him a fruitful source of inspiration. His later verse, which
125-439: A copy of to George Gissing , who wrote that it "gave me thoughts", was followed in turn by a second series of Fleet Street Eclogues (1896) and by New Ballads (1897) and The Last Ballad (1899). For a time he abandoned lyric for the drama, writing several original plays. Finally Davidson engaged on a series of "Testaments", in which he gave definite expression to his philosophy. These volumes were entitled The Testament of
150-500: A livelihood. Davidson's true medium was verse. In a Music Hall and other Poems (1891) suggested what Fleet Street Eclogues (1893) proved, that Davidson possessed a genuine and distinctive poetic gift. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing read both these volumes in one day in 1893 at the British Museum Library. Yeats had words of praise for In a Music Hall . He called it, "An example of
175-505: A new writer seeking out 'new subject matter, new emotions'". Yeats wrote of his emotional dispute with Davidson in Autobiographies (1955). The second collection established his reputation among the discerning few. His early plays were republished in one volume in 1894, and henceforward he turned his attention more and more completely to verse. A volume of vigorous Ballads and Songs (1894), his most popular work, which Davidson sent
200-531: A year as clerk in a Glasgow thread firm (1884–85), and subsequently taught in Morrison's Academy, Crieff (1885–88), and in a private school at Greenock (1888–89). Having taken to literature, he went in 1889 to London where he frequented ' Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese ' and joined the ' Rhymers' Club '. Davidson's first published work was Bruce, a chronicle play in the Elizabethan manner, which appeared with
225-474: Is often fine rhetoric rather than poetry, expressed the belief which is summed up in the last words that he wrote, "Men are the universe become conscious; the simplest man should consider himself too great to be called after any name." The corollary was that every man was to be himself to the utmost of his power, and the strongest was to rule. Davidson professed to reject all existing philosophies, including that of Nietzsche , as inadequate, but Nietzsche's influence
250-401: Is traceable in his argument. The poet planned ultimately to embody his revolutionary creed in a trilogy entitled God and Mammon . Only two plays, however, were written, The Triumph of Mammon (1907) and Mammon and his Message (1908). In 1885 Davidson married Margaret, daughter of John McArthur of Perth. She survived him with two sons, Alexander (b. 1887) and Menzies (b. 1889). Davidson
275-544: The 'subtle way he had handled his toupée'. Rothenstein wrote that he had not noticed that he was wearing one. Frank Harris, a member of the Rhymers' Club described him in 1889 thus: "... a little below middle height, but strongly built with square shoulders and remarkably fine face and head; the features were almost classically regular, the eyes dark brown and large, the forehead high, the hair and moustache black. His manners were perfectly frank and natural; he met everyone in
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#1732787885310300-658: The Georgia State Senate John Andrew Davidson (1852–1903), Canadian politician John Davidson (British Army officer) (1876–1954), British major general and politician J. C. C. Davidson (1889–1970), British politician John James Davidson (1898–1976), British MP, 1935–1945 John Davidson (Illinois politician) (1924–2012), American politician John Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson (1928–2012), British politician Religion [ edit ] John Davidson (reformer) (1549–1603) Scottish Presbyterian minister during
325-464: The Highlanders' Academy as a pupil-teacher, and, after a year at University of Edinburgh (1876–77), received in 1877 his first scholastic employment at Alexander's Charity, Glasgow. During the next six years he held positions in the following schools : Perth Academy (1878–81), Kelvinside Academy , Glasgow (1881–82), and Hutchinson's Charity, Paisley (1883–84). He varied his career by spending
350-1402: The Scottish Reformation John Davidson (minister) (1834–1881), Scottish Presbyterian minister and academic John Davidson (British writer) (born 1944), English writer on mysticism and Christian origins John Davidson (priest) , Canadian Anglican priest Sports [ edit ] John Davidson (cricketer, born 1804) (1804–1898), English cricketer John Davidson (rugby union) (1851–1919), Scottish rugby union player John Davidson (ice hockey) (born 1953), Canadian NHL hockey player and executive John Davidson (rugby league) (born 1961), Australian rugby player John Davidson (cricketer, born 1964) , Welsh cricketer Others [ edit ] John Davidson (antiquarian) (1725–1797), Scottish lawyer, publisher and antiquarian John Davidson (traveller) (1797–1836), English traveler in Africa John Ewen Davidson (1841–1923), English pioneer sugar planter and miller in Queensland John Davidson (botanist) (1878–1970), Scottish-Canadian botanist John Ogilvie Davidson (1892–1972), Canadian surveyor John Davidson (chemical engineer) (1926–2019), British chemical engineer awarded
375-545: The bands Glass Hammer and Yes See also [ edit ] John Davidson (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Davison&oldid=816762609 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
400-729: The former being produced as, For the Crown , at the Lyceum Theatre in 1896, the latter as A Queen's Romance at the Imperial Theatre. Davidson's portrait was drawn by Walter Sickert and by Robert Bryden . A caricature by Max Beerbohm appeared in The Chapbook, (1907), and William Rothenstein did a portrait of him for The Yellow Book . In Men and Memories (1931), Rothenstein said that when Max Beerbohm looked at his pictures of Davidson, he had complimented him on
425-1110: The 💕 (Redirected from John Davison (disambiguation) ) John or Jon Davison may refer to: John Davison (priest) (1777–1834), English theological writer John Davison (theologian) (1793–1863), theologian and author of Considerations on the Poor Laws John Robert Davison (1826–1871), English barrister and politician John Davison (Kent cricketer) (1828–1871), English cricketer John Davison (politician) (1870–1927), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Smethwick 1918–1926 John Clarke Davison (1875–1946), Northern Irish politician John Davison (composer) (1930–1999), American composer Jon Davison (film producer) (born 1949), film producer Jon Davison (professor) (born 1949), British academic John Davison (boxer) (born 1958), British boxer John Davison (sport shooter) (born 1966), British sport shooter John Davison (Canadian cricketer) (born 1970), Canadian cricketer Jon Davison (born 1971), vocalist with
450-434: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Davidson&oldid=1245739115 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages John Davidson (poet) John Davidson (11 April 1857 – 23 March 1909)
475-423: The onset of cancer, caused profound hopelessness and clinical depression. Late in 1908, Davidson left London to reside at Penzance . On 23 March 1909, he disappeared from his house there, under circumstances which left little doubt that he had drowned himself. Among his papers was found the manuscript of a new work, Fleet Street Poems , with a letter containing the words, "This will be my last book." His body, which
500-508: The same unaffected kindly human way; I never saw a trace in him of snobbishness or incivility. Possibly a great man, I said to myself, certainly a man of genius, for simplicity of manner alone is in England almost a proof of extraordinary endowment." In 1906 he was awarded a civil list pension of £100 per annum and George Bernard Shaw did what he could to help him financially, but poverty, ill-health, and his declining powers, exacerbated by
525-596: The year before his death, he anticipates this fate: Davidson's poetry was a key early influence on important Modernist poets, in particular, his compatriot Hugh MacDiarmid and Wallace Stevens . T.S. Eliot was especially fond of the poem 'Thirty Bob a Week' (In Ballads and Songs (1894)). Davidson's poem "In the Isle of Dogs", for example, is a clear intertext of later poems such as Eliot's " The Waste Land " and Stevens' " The Idea of Order at Key West ". He translated: John Davison (disambiguation) From Misplaced Pages,
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#1732787885310550-418: Was a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist, best known for his ballads . He also did translations from French. In 1909, financial difficulties, as well as physical and mental health problems, led to his suicide. He was born at Barrhead , East Renfrewshire as the son of Alexander Davidson, an Evangelical Union minister and Helen née Crocket of Elgin. His family removed to Greenock in 1862 where he
575-498: Was a prolific writer. Besides the works cited, he wrote many other works, including The Wonderful Mission of Earl Lavender (1895), a novel which included flagellation erotica, and he contributed an introduction to Shakespeare's Sonnets (Renaissance edition, 1908), which, like his various prefaces and essays, shows him a subtle literary critic. He translated Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes (1892), François Coppée 's Pour la Couronne in 1896 and Victor Hugo 's Ruy Blas in 1904,
600-540: Was discovered by some fishermen in Mount's Bay on 18 September, was, in accordance with his known wishes, buried at sea. In his will he desired that no biography should be written, none of his unpublished works published, and "no word except of my writing is ever to appear in any book of mine as long as the copyright endures." The assumption that he took his own life is consistent with what is known of his temperament and his ideas. In The Testament of John Davidson , published
625-483: Was educated at Highlanders' Academy there and entered the chemical laboratory of Walker's Sugarhouse refinery in his 13th year, returning after one year to school as a pupil teacher. Davidson also briefly worked in the Public Analysts' Office, from 1870 to 1871. In these employments he developed an interest in science which became an important characteristic of his poetry. In 1872 he returned for four years to
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