His most popular creative work is the poem Ode, which has been read, re-read, quoted, anthologized, and set to music countless times. O’Shaughnessy was also a herpetologist with the British Museum. His studies of amphibians and reptiles led him to discover - and name - six new species.
A b/w photo of the writer and scientist Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Image: public domain
“We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams.”
-English writer Arthur O’Shaughnessy, born on this day in 1844
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