Solomon Samson

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Samson, Solomon". Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. p. 77.
2. ↑ Samson, Solomon (September 2010). Saunders, Robert, ed. "A Newfoundland and Labrador English Bibliography". Memorial University. p. 29.