Sir John Reeves Ellerman

Bryher wrote of both her parents in The Heart to Artemis, but her account of her father's early life is far more detailed than her mother's. Sir John Reeves Ellerman was an industrialist born...

Bryher, the illegitimate daughter of wealthy shipping magnate Sir John Ellerman , had developed an interest in HD after reading her poetry, and wrote to her requesting a meeting. She had obtained HD's address from...

Publishing between 1914 and 1920, Bryher wrote through a range of names, from Annie Winifred Ellerman , through A. W. Ellerman, Winifred Bryher, and W. Bryher, to, finally, Bryher. She...

Bryher began writing reviews and articles for the Sphere (which was owned by her father, John Reeves Ellerman ) and the Saturday Review.

In The Heart to Artemis, Bryher describes the collection as incredibly bad verses, the publication of which was enabled by her wealthy father 's connections. She recalls discovering Mallarmé days before the volume's...