Ebenezer Jones

Background

He was born in Canonbury Square, Islington on 20 January 1820. His father was of Welsh background. His mother, Hannah Sumner, was of an Essex family.

His father died, and at 17 he was a clerk in a city firm connected with the tea-trade.

Career

He was befriended by Browning and Rossetti. They were strict Calvinists. He went down with consumption, and died on 14 September 1860.

Jones married Caroline Atherstone, niece of Edwin Atherstone, but they separated.

Achievements

• He wrote a good deal of poetry of very unequal merit.

Connections

follower:

West. J. Linton

Friend:

Robert Owen