Arthur Bayldon (20 March 1865 – 26 September 1958)[1] was an English-born Australian poet.
Life
Bayldon was born in 1865, at Leeds, England, and was educated at Leeds Grammar School.[2] He emigrated to Brisbane in 1889 prior to which he had travelled extensively in Europe. He was an excellent swimmer, and drew much attention to a stroke of his own invention – underwater on his back, with legs and arms bound.[3]
