Francis Edwin Murray
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Francis Edwin Murray was a Uranian poet
Uranian poetry
The Uranians were a small and somewhat clandestine group of male pederastic poets who published works between 1858 and 1930...

 and publisher of the late 19th and early 20th century. Almost totally forgotten today, his books of verse include Rondeaux of Boyhood (1923), limited to 300 copies, and From a Lover's Garden: More Rondeaux and Other Verses of Boyhood (1924), limited to 225 copies. The former was written under the pseudoynm A. Newman. The latter contained an introduction by fellow Uranian John Gambril Nicholson
John Gambril Nicholson
John Gambrill Nicholson was an English school teacher, Uranian poet, and an amateur photographer. He was the quintessential Uranian, forming the center of that semi-underground world, and frequently writing introductions for and receiving dedications from his peers.-Biography:John Gambrill...

. Murray also wrote a bibliography of Austin Dobson
Austin Dobson
Austin Dobson was an auto driver from England.Brother of auto racer Arthur Charles, he participated at first edition, in 1936, of the Hungarian Grand Prix with Alfa Romeo....

, published in 1900. Murray worked as a printer, bookseller and publisher in Brompton Road
Brompton Road
Brompton Road is a street in Knightsbridge, London, in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea .It starts from Knightsbridge tube station and runs south-west through an extremely wealthy residential area until it reaches Egerton Gardens and the area to the east of South Kensington tube station...

, London. He printed the works of other Uranians, including John Leslie Barford
John Leslie Barford
John Leslie Barford was an English Uranian poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Philebus. According to Timothy D'Arch Smith, he was a doctor in the Merchant Navy. His works, which were privately printed, include Ladslove Lyrics , Young Things , Fantasies and Whimsies .-References:Smith, Timothy...

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