Outram, Richard Daley

In 1953 he graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA (English and Philosophy). worked with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a television stagehand for a year, then he moved to London, England, where he worked as a television stagehand for the British Broadcasting Corporation between 1955 and 1956. Outram went back to work with the CBC, first, again, as a television stagehand, then as a stage crew foreman, a position he held until early retirement at the age of sixty in 1990.

He was a Canadian poet. Often regarded as a poet's poet, he wrote eleven commercially published books of poetry in addition to the many collections of poetry and prose published under the imprint of the Gauntlet Press.

In 1999 he won the City of Toronto Book Award for his sequence of poems Benedict Abroad.

He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) (With seniority dated 17/01/1951).

He served in HMCS York for UNTD 1949-1951.

He served in HMCS Stadacona for Training.

He served in HMCS Fundy for Sea Training. (He was released.)