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Also known as Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson

Australian writer and poet (1867–1922)

Person · Open Library

Born
17 June 1867
Died
2 September 1922
Works
146

Top works

  • A book of verse
  • Andy's gone with cattle
  • Letters, 1890-1922
  • When I was king
  • Song of the Dardanelles, and other verses

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
2009
pop rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
46
Total plays
110

Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922) was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period, and is often called Australia's "greatest writer". He was born in a town on the Grenfell goldfields of New South Wales. His father was Niels Herzberg Larsen, a Norwegian-born miner who went to sea at 21 and arrived in Melbourne in 1855 to join the gold rush, along with partner Wil

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Henry
Family name
Lawson
Gender
male
Place of birth
Grenfell
Place of death
Sydney
Occupation
poet
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Henry Lawson photograph 1902.jpg
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Commons category
Henry Lawson (writer)
cause of death
cerebral hemorrhage
place of burial
Waverley Cemetery
Commons Creator page
Henry Lawson
date of birth
1867-06-17
date of death
1922-09-02
described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Henry Lawson
Sources (2)

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