Philip James Bailey
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Philip James BaileyEnglish, 1816 - 1902
Born in Nottingham, England on April 22, 1816, Philip James Bailey is best known as the English poet who wrote "Festus". His life is described as fairly uneventful, receiving a local education until the age of sixteen, when he matriculated at Glasgow University. Bailey then moved to London and later Basford where he wrote "Festus" which appeared anonymously in 1839. "Festus" is a vast pageant of theology and philosophy.
Bailey later traveled in mainland Europe and lived in Jersey, Ilfracombe and Nottingham again where he died on September 6, 1902.
A great admirer of "Festus" was Tennyson.
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