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Frederick William Harvey

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HARVEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM ), Eng lish poet, was born in Gloucestershire. He was educated at Ros sall, and studied law, setting up in practice as a solicitor in 1912. He enlisted at the outbreak of the World War, obtaining a com mission in 1915, and was captured in 1916. After the war he returned to his solicitor's practice. In addition to four volumes of poetry, he published his experiences as a prisoner in Germany in Comrades in Captivity (1920.

His poetry includes:

A Gloucester Lad at Home and Abroad (1916) ; Gloucestershire Friends (1917) ; Ducks (1919) , and Farewell (1921) .