John Oxenham

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John Oxenham


Born
in Manchester, Lancashire, The United Kingdom
November 12, 1852

Died
January 23, 1941

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William Arthur Dunkerley was a prolific English journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester, spent a short time after his marriage in America before moving to Ealing, west London, where he served as dea­con and teach­er at the Ealing Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church from the 1880s, and he then moved to Worthing in Sussex in 1922, where he became the town's mayor.

He wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: a little book of thoughtful verse (1913) which became a bestseller. He also wrote the poem Greatheart. He used another pseudonym, Julian Ross, for journalism. Dunkerley was a major contributor to Jerome K. Jerome's The Idler magazine.

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Average rating: 3.64 · 593 ratings · 110 reviews · 168 distinct works
A Maid of the Silver Sea

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Bees in Amber: A Little Boo...

3.75 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1913 — 94 editions
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A Mystery of the Underground

2.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1897 — 4 editions
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The Hidden Years

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Carette of Sark

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1907 — 53 editions
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All's Well! Some Helpful Ve...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1915 — 84 editions
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Pearl of Pearl Island

4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 53 editions
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1914

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The Fiery Cross

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God's Prisoner: A Story

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1899 — 16 editions
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“For death begins with life's first breath,
And life begins at touch of death.”
John Oxenham

“Art thou lonely, O my brother?
Share thy little with another!
Stretch a hand to one unfriended,
And the loneliness is ended.”
John Oxenham