Henry Lawson
Sign in to saveAlso 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
Discography
- When She Was Mine2012
- Taking Over Me2012
- Standing in the Dark2012
- Chapman Square2012
- Waterfall2012
- Brokenhearted2013
- Learn to Love Again2013
- Brokenhearted2013
- Juliet2013
- Roads2015
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henry
- Family name
- Lawson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Grenfell
- Place of death
- Sydney
- Mother
- Louisa Lawson
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Man from Snowy River
- 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
- P8168
- Leap of Faith
Sources (2)
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