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Robert Winkworth Norwood
b. 1874
A Canadian poet and Anglican clergyman, he brought lyric warmth and a preacher’s energy to both his verse and his public life. His career carried him from Nova Scotia to major pulpits in the United States, where he became known as a compelling speaker as well as a writer.
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His Lady of the Sonnets
by Robert Winkworth Norwood
The Piper and the Reed
by Robert Winkworth Norwood
About the author
Born in New Ross, Nova Scotia, on March 27, 1874, Robert Winkworth Norwood was educated at Coaticook Academy, Bishop's College, King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, and later Columbia University. He was ordained in the Anglican Church in 1898 and served parishes in Canada before moving to the United States in 1917.
Norwood built a reputation as both a minister and a man of letters. He was especially associated with the Church of St. Bartholomew in New York and was known for preaching that reached a wide public audience. Alongside his ministry, he published poetry and prose, with works including The Modernists and Bill Boram.
He died in New York City on September 28, 1932. Remembered as a poet, novelist, and preacher, he stands out as a figure who moved easily between religious life and literary culture in the early twentieth century.