Mark Ambient

For the character in a story by Henry James, see The Author of Beltraffio.

Harold Harley (20 June 1860 – 11 August 1937), known by his pen name Mark Ambient, was an English actor and dramatist. He is particularly noted as a writer of the musical comedy The Arcadians, first produced in 1909.[1][2]

He was born in Rastrick, Yorkshire, son of Robert Harley, a Congregational minister and mathematician. He was educated at Mill Hill School in London, where his father was vice-principal, and King's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1884.[1]

  1. ^ a b Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 Volume 2, page 246.
  2. ^ Mark Ambient IMDb, accessed 19 August 2017.