| Timeline |
| 1873 |
Born 25 April in Charlton, Kent, England |
| 1889 |
Leaves St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School at age 16 |
| 1890 |
Works in the accounting department of the Anglo-American Oil Company in London until 1908 |
| 1902 |
Songs of Childhood published |
| 1904 |
Henry Brocken published |
| 1908 |
Awarded a yearly government pension of £100 |
| 1910 |
The Return published |
| 1910 |
The Three Mulla Mulgars published |
| 1912 |
The Listeners and Other Poems published |
| 1913 |
Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes published |
| 1921 |
Memoirs of a Midget published
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| 1923 |
Come Hither published |
| 1923 |
The Riddle, and Other Stories published |
| 1925 |
Broomsticks and Other Tales published |
| 1930 |
On the Edge published |
| 1955 |
A Beginning, and Other Stories published |
| 1958 |
Dies at Twickenham, near London, 22 June |
