George Edgar (writer)

George Edgar
Born(1877-06-11)June 11, 1877[1]
Warrington[1]
DiedApril 1918(1918-04-00) (aged 40)
Ramsgate
OccupationWriter
SpouseJeannie Howard[1]
Childrenone son, three daughters[1]
ParentPeter Edgar[1]

George Edgar (11 June 1877 – April 1918) was an English writer and journalist.[1]

He was the eldest son of Peter Edgar, of Warrington, married the youngest daughter of Thomas D Howard, of Dewsbury, and had four children. After working with local newspapers, he found employment with London journals, and became editor or associate editor of "Modern Business" [1909], "Careers" [1910-11] and "Advertizers’ Weekly". He wrote and contributed widely, including many fictional works.[2] In later life he lived in Ramsgate.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Who was who, 1916-1928: a companion to Who's who, containing the biographies of those who died during the period 1916-1928. London: A. & C. Black. 1967. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7136-0169-5. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Some Recent Fiction". The Dominion. Wellington, New Zealand: Wellington Publishing Company. 21 June 1913. p. 9. Retrieved 4 September 2022. George Edgar's new story "Swift Nick of the York Road" (Mills and Boon; per Whitcombe) is just the sort of novel one would expect from the author of that capital romance of "The Fancy," "The Blue Bird's Eye." It is Harrison Ainsworth and Bulwer-Lytton up-to-date, that is to say, Victorian romance sans Victorian longueurs.