William Henry Drummond

William Henry Drummond, till 1875 known as William Henry Drumm, was born in 1854 in Ireland and died in 1907 in Ontario, Canada. He was a physician, professor, poet and public lecturer. In the late 1870´s he published his most famous poem titled “The wreck of the ‘Julie Plante” which was the beginning of his career as one of the most noted English speaking authors.

---. Biography – DRUMMOND, WILLIAM HENRY – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Web. 9 Dec. 2013. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/drummond_william_henry_13E.html.

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