Albert Durrant Watson

Albert Durrant Watson (January 8, 1859 – May 3, 1926) was a Canadian poet, and physician.

Albert D. Watson
Born(1859-01-08)January 8, 1859
DiedMay 3, 1926(1926-05-03) (aged 67)
Toronto, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
OccupationPhysician, poet

Life

He graduated from Victoria University, and Edinburgh University. He practiced medicine for more than forty years in the city of Toronto.[1][2]

He held a series of seances from 1918 to 1920 by medium Louis Benjamin.[2]

Works

  • "The Norse Discovery of America", Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1923, v17, pp257.

Poetry

  • "A Hymn for Canada", Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • The wing of the wild bird and other poems. William Briggs. 1908. Albert Durrant Watson.
  • Love and the universe: The immortals, and other poems... Macmillan. 1913.
  • Heart Of The Hills: Poems. 1917. reprint. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. 2007. ISBN 978-0-548-73411-7.
  • Dream of God: A Poem (1922)
  • Woman: a poem. Ryerson Press. 1923.
  • Poetical works. Ryerson Press. 1924.

Anthologies

Psychic

References

  1. Garvin, John William, ed. (1916). "Albert D. Watson". Canadian Poets. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart. pp. 227–236.
  2. Barr, Debra; Meyer zu Erpen, Walter (2005). "Watson, Albert Durrant". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  3. "Hyslop's Society Scooped By Canada". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
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