Ernest Myers (author)
Ernest James Myers (born at Keswick 13 October 1844; died at Etchingham, Sussex, 25 November 1921), was a British poet, Classicist and author. He was the second son of the Rev. Frederic Myers, author of "Catholic Thoughts", and Susan Harriett Myers (née Marshall). (His elder brother was F W H Myers, the poet, critic and psychical researcher.) Early life. Educated at Cheltenham and Balliol College, Oxford, (where he won the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse in 1865), Ernest Myers became a fellow of Wadham College in 1868, teaching there for three years. In 1871, he moved to  London, joining the Inner Temple and being called to the bar; however, he never practised as a barrister. Instead, he made his living as a translator and editor and also joined the committees of organisations such as the University Extension Society, the Charity Organisation Society, the Society for the Protection of Women & Children, and the Hellenic Society of which he was a founder member. Writing. Myers published poetry in "The Puritans" (1869), translated the "Odes" of Pindar (1874), followed in 1877 by a volume entitled "Poems". A further, larger volume of his own poetry followed in 1880, "The Defence of  Rome and Other Poems", and he contributed an article on Aeschylus to a collection of Classical essays edited by Evelyn Abbott. In 1882 he collaborated with Andrew Lang and Walter Leaf on books XVII-XXIV of Homer's "Iliad" (a companion volume to a translation of the "Odyssey"). Further volumes of poetry followed in the coming years: "The Judgement of Prometheus" (1886); and "Gathered Poems" (1904). He also wrote "Lord Althorp: a biography" (1890). Family. In London, in 1883, Myers married Nora Margaret Lodge (1858–1952) (a sister of George Edward Lodge), and they had five children. The family moved from  London to Chislehurst in 1891. Their elder son - who may have been the subject of Myers’ poem "Infant Eyes" - died as a soldier in France in 1918, the last year of World War I. Myers maintained a love of physical exercise throughout his life, including swimming, riding, lawn tennis, walking, and golf. He died on 25 November 1921 at Etchingham, Sussex, aged 77.