Archibald Marshall
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Arthur Hammond Marshall (6 September 1866 – 29 September 1934), better known by his pen name Archibald Marshall, was an English author, publsher and journalist who was popular in the United States. He published over 50 books and was recognized as a realist in his writing style[1], and was considred by some as a successor to Anthony Trollope[2]. Educated at Cambridge University, He travelled widely and made numerous notable acquaintances.
Biography
Archibald Marshall's Father, Arthur Marshall (1832 – 1900), was a businessman in London. Not wishing to join his father's company, Archibald had first intended to be a clergyman and studied theology at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he befriended Bertram Fletcher Robinson and Vaughan Williams amongst others. He married Ellen Pollard in 1902 and they had a daughter Elizabeth, born in December 1904.
He owned land in Beaulieu, Hampshire and built a house there. He knew John, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, of whom he wrote a Biography in collaboration with Lady Laura Troubridge, which was published in 1930.
Marshall's first published novel was Peter Binney, Undergraduate; His second, The House of Merrilees had been rejected by a variety of publishers, and after rewriting it in 1904 he founded the publishing firm Alston Rivers along with two others, in order to publish it in 1905.[3].
Marshall befriended G. K. Chesterton, and helped him get a position in the Daily News whilst he was literary editor, having been appointed by R. C. Lehmann, who was also at Trinity[4]. Marshall also spent a period as literary editor for the Daily Mail[5]. He was later to write short stories for Punch between 1926 and 1934, many of which were later republished in his books Simple People, Simple Stories and Simple Stories from Punch.
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References
- ^ William Lyon Phelps Archibald Marshall: A Realistic Novelist
- ^ H. S. Gorman. A Successor to Trollope The New York Times, 26 June 1921.
- ^ Archibald Marshall Publicity Leaflet, http://www.archibaldmarshall.com/Leaflet
- ^ Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton
- ^ http://www.conradfirst.net/view/periodical?id=28