Douglas Sladen
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Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (5 February 1856, London
-12 February 1947, Hove
) was an English
author. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford
, and went to Australia
(1879), where he became the first professor
of history in the University of Sydney
. Subsequently he traveled much and settled in London as a writer. Poems by Margaret Thomas
were included in a work in the 1880s. His work includes:
London
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-12 February 1947, Hove
Hove
Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast...
) was an English
English people
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author. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
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, and went to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
(1879), where he became the first professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of history in the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
. Subsequently he traveled much and settled in London as a writer. Poems by Margaret Thomas
Margaret Thomas
Margaret Thomas was an English-born Australian travel writer, poet and artist.Thomas was born at Croydon, Surrey, England, daughter of Thomas Cook, shipowner. Her date of birth is often cited incorrectly as 1843 and she was herself inconsistent about both her age and date of birth...
were included in a work in the 1880s. His work includes:
- Frithjof and Ingebjorg (1882)
- Poetry of Exiles (1883)
- In Cornwall and Across the Sea (1885)
- Edward the Black PrinceEdward, the Black PrinceEdward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....
(1886), an epic drama - The Spanish Armada (1888)
- The Japs at Home (1892)
- A Japanese Marriage (1895)
- A Sicilian Marriage (1905)
- Egypt and the English (1908)
- Queer Things About Egypt (1911)
- The Unholy Estate (1912)
- Twenty Years of my Life (1913)
- Queer Things about Japan (1913)
- The Real "Truth about Germany" (1914)
- His German Wife (1915)
- Fair Inez: A Romance of Australia (1918)
- Paul's Wife: or "The Ostriches" (1919)
- My Long Life (1939)
External links
- Australian Dictionary of Biography entry
- Researching Biography: Who is Douglas Sladen?
- Twenty Years of my Life (New York: EP Dutton & Company Publishers, 1913), archive.org