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Theodore Watts was an English poet, novelist and critic. Born in St Ives, Huntingdon in 1832, Watts moved to London to pursue his literary career, becoming lead critic on poetry for the Examiner, and later the Athenaeum (Maxwell 2). During his life, Watts was most revered for his contributions on poetry to the Encyclopedia Britannica’s 9th edition and the third volume of Chambers’s Cyclopedia of English Literature (Maxwell 2). Watts contributed to The Yellow Book.