“The obscurest name and blazon are at least recognisable; but a mere…” — Algernon Charles Swinburne

“The obscurest name and blazon are at least recognisable; but a mere voice is mere wind, though it affect to speak with the tongues and the authority of men and of angels.”

Questioning critical authority that hides behind anonymity · Essay, Matthew Arnold's New Poems

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

About Algernon Charles Swinburne

5 April 1837–10 April 1909

Algernon Charles Swinburne was born on 5 April 1837 at 7 Chester Street, Grosvenor Place, London, into a family whose rank, traditions, and geography would all enter his imagination. He was the eldest surviving child of Captain, later Admiral, Charles Henry Swinburne and Lady Jane Henrietta Ashburnham, daughter of the…

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