In English literature, an elegy is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
Henry Lawson was born on June 17, 1867, in Grenfell, Australia. He wrote short stories and ballad-like poems, illuminating the lives of rural, working Australians. Lawson is often called Australia's greatest writer..
Lived 1887 â 1915. Henry Moseley was an outstandingly skilled experimental physicist. In 1913 he used self-built equipment to prove that every elementâs identity is uniquely determined by the number of protons it has. His discovery enabled him to predict confidently the existence of four new chemical elements, all of which were found. Early Life and Education. Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley was born in the town of Weymouth, England, on November 23, 1887. His parents were both from well-educated families. His father, who was also named Henry, was a professor of anatomy and physiology. His mother, Amabel, was the daughter of a barrister who had changed careers to become a mollusc biologist.