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Australian poet and novelist

This article is about the Australian author and poet.

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For the Australian asylum superintendent, see Frederick Norton Manning. For the New Zealand settler, see Frederick Edward Maning.

Frederic Manning (22 July 1882 – 22 February 1935) was an Australian poet and novelist.^[1]

Biography

Born in Sydney, Manning was one of eight children of local politician Sir William Patrick Manning.

His family were Roman Catholics of Irish origin. A sickly child who suffered from asthma, Manning was educated exclusively at home.

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As a teenager he formed a close friendship with the Reverend Arthur Galton, a scholarly man who was secretary to the Governor of New South Wales. Galton went home to England in 1898, taking Manning with him. Manning returned to Australia in 1900 but finally settled in the United Kingdom in 1903.^[1]

Early years in England

Manning moved in with Galton, who had become the vicar of Eden