Edwin Emmanuel Bradford

Edwin Emmanuel Bradford
Rev E.E. Bradford in Paris, c.1897
Born(1860-08-21)21 August 1860[1]
Died7 February 1944(1944-02-07) (aged 83)[3]
Nordelph, Norfolk, United Kingdom[4][5]
Alma materExeter College, Oxford
Ecclesiastical career
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained1885
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
Literary movementUranians

Edwin Emmanuel Bradford (21 August 1860 – 7 February 1944) was an English clergyman and a Uranian poet and writer of stories, articles and sermons. His prolific verse celebrating the high spiritual status of love between men and boys was remarkably well-received and favourably reviewed in his lifetime.[6]

  1. ^ The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/6548h
  2. ^ Birth record, General Registry Office
  3. ^ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  4. ^ General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 4b; Page: 395
  5. ^ "Deaths". Lynn Advertiser. 11 February 1944. p. 1.
  6. ^ Aldrich, Robert; Wotherspoon, Garry, eds. (2001). Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. Oxon: Routledge.