Bertram Fletcher Robinson | |
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 Bertram Fletcher Robinson pictured during his tenure as 'Day Editor' of the Daily Express newspaper (c. 1901) | |
| Born | 22 August 1870 Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England |
| Died | 21 January 1907 (aged 36) Belgravia, London, England |
| Resting place | St. Andrew's Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England |
| Education | Newton Abbot Proprietary college |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Sportsman, journalist, author, editor, liberal unionist party activist, barrister |
| Spouse | Gladys Hill Morris |
| Relatives |
Philip Richard Morris (Father-in-Law) |
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Bertram Fletcher Robinson (22 August 1870 – 21 January 1907) was an English sportsman,[1] journalist, editor, author and Liberal Unionist Party activist.[2] During his life-time, he wrote at least three hundred items, including a series of short stories that feature a detective called 'Addington Peace'.[3] Following his untimely death at the age of just 36 years, speculation grew that Robinson was the victim of a curse bestowed upon him by an Egyptian antiquity at the British Museum, which he had researched whilst working as a journalist for a British newspaper.[4] However, Robinson is perhaps best remembered for his literary collaborations with his friends and fellow Crimes Club members, Arthur Conan Doyle,[5] P. G. Wodehouse[6] and Max Pemberton.[7]
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- ^ "Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870–1907)". BFRonline.BIZ. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ "B. Fletcher Robinson Bibliography" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ "British Museum Tours: A Brief Look At The Unlucky Mummy". British Museum. 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Publication of the Hound of the Baskervilles". History Today.
- ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (25 July 2009). "Earliest Wodehouse satires discovered". The Observer.
- ^ Pemberton, Max. Sixty Years Ago and After, Internet Archive. Retrieved on 9 February 2024. In this 1936 autobiography, which was published by (Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.), Pemberton provides details about his relationship with both Robinson and his uncle, Sir John Richard Robinson around the turn of the 20th century (pp.124–126).