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Solomon Samson (1888 – 1957) was an educator, civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1919 to 1923.[1]

He was born in Flat Islands, Bonavista Bay and worked as a teacher in Catalina and Greenspond. In 1923, he was appointed to a position in the Customs department and moved to St. John's. He began writing poetry later in life and published a small volume of poems in 1952.[1]

Works

  • Glimpse of Newfoundland (as it was and as it is) in Poetry and Pictures[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Samson, Solomon". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 77.
  2. ^ Samson, Solomon (September 2010). Saunders, Robert (ed.). "A Newfoundland and Labrador English Bibliography" (PDF). Memorial University. p. 29.