Robert Wilson Lynd
1879–1949 (age 70)
Biography
Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949) was an Irish writer and essayist whose lively pen captured Dublin’s streets, the politics of his time, and the everyday moments that reveal human character. His contributions to periodicals were noted for their wit, compassion, and crystalline prose, and he played an important part in the literary conversations of the early twentieth century.
He is interred at Belfast City Cemetery, where admirers still pause to celebrate the warmth of his commentary and the way he married Irish identity with a universal sense of empathy.