William Pett Ridge
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William Pett Ridge English
author
, was born at Chartham
, near Canterbury
, Kent, on 22 April 1859, and was educated at Marden, Kent, and at the Birkbeck Institute
, London.
He was for some time a clerk in the Railway Clearing House, and began about 1891 to write humorous sketches for the St James's Gazette and other papers.
He published first novel was A Clever Wife (1895), but he secured his first striking success with his fifth, Mord Em'ly (1898), an excellent example of his ability to draw humorous portraits of lower class life.
His books include:
William Pett Ridge also wrote Four small plays (which in total is one play, for four small plays is its title), one of the originals is in ownership of direct descendants.
In later life, he moved to Ampthill, Willow Grove, Chislehurst, Kent, where he died on 29 September 1930.
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, was born at Chartham
Chartham
Chartham is a village and civil parish in Kent, west of Canterbury.It is located on the Great Stour river which provided power for the paper mills up until some point before 1955. The name literally means ‘Village on rough ground’, and the word "Chart" is also found in other villages in Kent with...
, near Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, Kent, on 22 April 1859, and was educated at Marden, Kent, and at the Birkbeck Institute
Birkbeck, University of London
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, London.
He was for some time a clerk in the Railway Clearing House, and began about 1891 to write humorous sketches for the St James's Gazette and other papers.
He published first novel was A Clever Wife (1895), but he secured his first striking success with his fifth, Mord Em'ly (1898), an excellent example of his ability to draw humorous portraits of lower class life.
His books include:
- A Clever Wife (1895)
- A Child of the Jago (1896)
- Mord Em'ly (1898)
- A Son of the State (1899)
- Outside the Radius (1899)
- A Breaker of Laws (1900)
- Lost Property (1902)
- Erb (1903)
- Mrs Caler's Business (1905)
- The Wickhamses (1906)
- From Nine to Six-Thirty (1910)
William Pett Ridge also wrote Four small plays (which in total is one play, for four small plays is its title), one of the originals is in ownership of direct descendants.
In later life, he moved to Ampthill, Willow Grove, Chislehurst, Kent, where he died on 29 September 1930.
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