Biography t w rolleston

Irish poet (1857–1920)

Thomas William Hazen Rolleston (1 May 1857 – 5 December 1920)^[1] was an Irish writer, literary figure and translator, known as a poet but publishing over a wide range of literary and political topics.

He lived at various times in Killiney in County Dublin, the German Empire, London and County Wicklow; settling finally in 1908 in Hampstead, London, where he died.

Twitch

His Killiney home, called Secrora, subsequently became the home of tennis player Joshua Pim.

Early years

Rolleston was born in Glasshouse, Shinrone, County Offaly, the son of a judge. He was educated at St Columba's College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin.

Career

After a time in the German Empire he founded the Dublin University Review in 1885; he published Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland (1888), and a Life of Lessing