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Author: Montgomery, Robert

Biography:

MONTGOMERY, Robert (1807-55: ODNB)

He was born Robert Gomery and was the illegitimate son of the resident clown in the Bath theatre, also Robert Gomery; the name of his mother is not recorded. Even at school in Bath, he showed literary ambition: he started a weekly paper at 16 and published his first collection of verses by subscription at 18. At this time, too, he changed his name to Montgomery. He made his name with long pious poems that attracted a large popular audience but also won him the praise of respected writers such as Crabbe and Southey. He graduated from Oxford in 1833 (MA 1838) and proceeded to take orders. He proved a charismatic preacher, based for four years in Glasgow and then from 1843 in London. In 1843 he married Rachel Catherine Andrews McKenzie; they had one child. Though he continued to write poetry, his efforts were increasingly directed to religious prose, including sermons and practical manuals. He died in Brighton after a short illness. (ODNB 11 Apr. 2020) HJ

 

Other Names:

  • R. M.
 

Books written (29):

[subscription edn.] Bath/ London/ Bristol/ Southampton/ Tewkesbury/ Devonport: printed for the booksellers by B. Higman/ Whitaker/ Norton and Trimlett/ Gore/ Bennett/ Hoxland and Colman, 1825
London: William Carpenter, 1827
2nd edn. London London: William Charlton Wright, 1828
London: Samuel Maunder, 1828
2nd edn. London: Samuel Maunder, 1828
3rd edn. London: Samuel Maunder, 1828
4th edn. London: Samuel Maunder, 1828
7th edn. London: Samuel Maunder, 1828
Philadelphia/ New York/ Boston: Carey, Lea, and Carey/ G. and C. Carvill/ Monroe and Francis, 1828
5th edn. London: Samuel Maunder, 1828
London: Samuel Maunder, 1828
From the 2nd London edn. Boston/ New York: Charles Ewer, Crocker and Brewster, Lincoln and Edmands/ Carter and Hendee and Jonathan Leavitt, 1829
11th edn. London: Samuel Maunder, 1830
London: Samuel Maunder, 1830
London: John Turrill, 1832
2nd edn. London: John Turrill, 1832
London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1833
2nd edn. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1833
London: John Turrill, 1833
2nd edn. London: John Turrill, 1833
13th edn. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1834
3rd edn. Oxford: Henry Slatter, 1834
4th edn. Oxford: Henry Slatter, 1835
London: E. Churton and F. J. Mason, [1835?]