Solomon Samson


Solomon Samson was an educator, civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Twillingate in the Newfoundland [House of Assembly] from 1919 to 1923.
He was born in Flat Islands, [Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|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.

Works

  • ''Glimpse of Newfoundland in Poetry and Pictures''