Monsignor Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew | |
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| Born | 11 February 1858 Headingley, Leeds, England, UK |
| Died | 3 July 1928 (aged 70) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK |
| Occupation(s) | Cleric, author |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Ordained | 1884 |
| Title | Rt Rev Msgr |
Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew CBE, KHS, better known as John Ayscough and born Francis Browning Bickerstaffe,[1][2] (11 February 1858 – 3 July 1928) was a British writer[3] and Roman Catholic priest.
- ^ Halkett, Samuel & John Laing (1956). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. New York: Haskell House Publishers, pp. 135, 169.
- ^ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., p. 40.
- ^ Keller, Leo W. (1920). "John Ayscough, Novelist," The Catholic World, Vol. CXI, pp. 164–173.