Phillips, Stephen

Stephen Phillips (28 July 1864 - 9 December 1915) was a highly famed English poet and dramatist, who enjoyed considerable popularity in his lifetime. He was born at Somertown near Oxford, the son of the Rev. Stephen Phillips, precentor of Peterborough Cathedral. He was educated at Stratford and Peterborough Grammar Schools, and considered entering Queens' College, Cambridge on a minor scholarship to study classics; but he instead went to a London crammer to prepare for the civil service. In 1894 he published Eremus, a long poem of loose structure in blank verse of a philosophical complexion. I...