English poet, scholar and teacher.

First volume of poetry Interludes and Poems published in 1908.

This was followed by 6 year period during which much of his best work was in the form of verse "closet dramas".

Beginning in 1919 received appointments as lecturer and reader at Leeds, London, and finally Oxford Universities.

His poetry often expressed his distaste for 20th-century industrialism.

Born in Ashton upon Mersey in 1881.

His school years were at Malvern College.

He was encouraged in his writing by his Housemaster.

Left Malvern in 1900 to read chemistry at Manchester University.

It was during this period that he annonomously published his first poetry in a periodical known as The Trawl.

On leaving university Abercrombie found work as a quantity surveyor in Liverpool.

By 1907 he was attempting to make a living through publishing poems and writing for newspapers.

He recieved financial support from his sister, Ursula.

In 1908 he gained a job with the Liverpool Courier.

In 1910 he and his wife moved to Monks Walk Cottage near Hellens.

It provided the perfect base for his freelance writing.

Abercrombie was not considered fit enough for active service.

Lacselles Abercombie died in October 1938 following a haemorrhage brought on by diabetes.



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