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Alfred Perceval Graves (22 July 1846 – 27 December 1931), was an Anglo-Irish poet, songwriter and folklorist. == Life and work == He was born in Dublin on 22 July 1846, the son of Charles Graves, Bishop of Limerick, and his wife Selina, the daughter of John Cheyne (1777–1836), the Physician-General to the British Forces in Ireland. His paternal grandmother Helena was a Perceval, and the granddaughter of the Earl of Egmont. His grandfather, John Crosbie Graves, was a first cousin of 'Ireland's most celebrated surgeon' Robert James Graves. Alfred was educated in England at Windermere College, Westmorland and Trinity College, Dublin. His first poem appeared in the ''Dublin University Magazine'' in 1863.〔 He graduated with a Master of Arts degree. In 1869 he entered the Civil Service as clerk in the British Home Office, where he remained until he became an Inspector of Schools in 1874. He was a contributor of prose and verse to ''The Spectator'', ''The Athenaeum'', ''John Bull'', and ''Punch''. For a time he lived at Red Branch House on Laurieton Road, Wimbledon, London.〔 He took a leading part in the late 19th-century renewal of Irish literature. He was for several years president of the Irish Literary Society, and was the author of the comic song ''Father O'Flynn'' and many other songs and ballads. In collaboration with Charles Stanford he published ''Songs of Old Ireland'' (1882) and ''Irish Songs and Ballads'' (1893), the airs of which are taken from the Petrie manuscripts; the airs of his ''Irish Folk-Songs'' (1897) were arranged by Charles Wood, with whom he also collaborated on ''Songs of Erin'' (1901).〔 He published an autobiography, ''To Return to All That'' in 1930, as a response to his son Robert's memoir of World War I ''Good-Bye to All That''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred Perceval Graves」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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