Wilfred Rowland Childe

Who was Wilfred Rowland Childe?

Wilfred Rowland Childe was a British poet and critic. He was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He edited Oxford Poetry in 1916 and 1917. He became a Roman Catholic convert in 1916. He is chiefly remembered for 'Dream English. A Fantastical Romance' which was and still is something of a minor cult book. He was admired by Arthur Machen and later by the poet Robin Skelton.

His Selected Poems was published in 1936. He associated with the Sitwells, but was no modernist; he has been described as almost too Georgian to be true.