11 Facts About Gordon Bottomley

Gordon Bottomley was an English poet, known particularly for his verse dramas.

Aged seven, Gordon Bottomley contracted a tubercular illness that would affect him for the rest of his life.

Gordon Bottomley became a junior clerk at the Craven Bank in Keighley at the age of 16.

Gordon Bottomley died in 1948, outliving his wife by less than a year.

Gordon Bottomley began writing poetry in the 1890s and was influenced by the Romantic poets and even more so by such later figures as Rossetti and Algernon Swinburne.

Gordon Bottomley included many famous writers, poets and artists as friends.

Gordon Bottomley edited the poetry of Isaac Rosenberg in 1922, whom as a correspondent he had encouraged from 1915; while his close associate the composer Edgar Bainton set The Crier by Night to music.

An early environmentalist, Gordon Bottomley's writing was always closely grounded in geographical location.

Gordon Bottomley encouraged the young artist and in exchange, Nash made several designs for Gordon Bottomley's plays that he exhibited or used as illustrations.

Gordon Bottomley studied the work of artists and was a dedicated collector.

Gordon Bottomley bought artworks when he could afford to and his friends gave him their art in gratitude for his support and friendship.