Francis Edwin Murray
Francis Edwin Murray (1854-1932) was a
Uranian poet and publisher of the late 19th and early 20th century. Almost totally forgotten today, his books of verse include ''Rondeaux of Boyhood'' (1923), limited to 300 copies, and ''From a Lover's Garden: More Rondeaux and Other Verses of Boyhood'' (1924), limited to 225 copies. The former was written under the pseudonym A. Newman. The latter contained an introduction by fellow Uranian
John Gambril Nicholson. Murray also wrote a bibliography of
Austin Dobson, published in 1900. Murray worked as a printer, bookseller and publisher in
Brompton Road, London. He printed the works of other Uranians, including
John Leslie Barford.
Bruce Robinson has acknowledged ''Rondeaux of Boyhood'' as source material for the dialogue of Uncle Monty in
Withnail and I.
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