“ An English poet. He was educated at Eton and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford; studied medicine at Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, London; and held several important hospital appointments before his retirement (1882) . Bridges has published eight plays and several volumes of verse, often privately printed. His choicest poems (with bibliography) have been reprinted in three volumes (London, 1898-1901) . Late Victorian poetry probably has nothing better than Prometheus ”