Augustus Charles Bickley
Augustus Charles Bickley (1857–1902) was an English journalist and author.
Life[edit]
Born in Birmingham, he was the youngest son of Francis Bickley of Carlisle, and brother of Francis Bridges Bickley of the British Museum.[1][2][3] Their father died in London, in 1865;[4] as a surgeon and dentist in Carlisle, he had married Harriet Bridges of Lichfield in 1851.[5]
Bickley passed the preliminary examination for Civil Service clerks in 1876.[6] A few years later he was working as a journalist in London.[1]
Works[edit]
Bickley wrote over 80 articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, to 1891.[7] He encountered criticism, with his biography of Richard Carpenter (died c.1670) called too close to one written in Biographia Britannia.[8] Other works included:
- Archibald Campbell Tait: A Sketch of the Public Life of the Late Archbishop of Canterbury (1882)
- George Fox and the Early Quakers (1884)
- Bibliographical Notes (1889), editor, vol. IX in The Gentleman's Magazine Library[9]
- Midst Surrey Hills: A Rural Story (1890), novel
- Handfasted (1890), novel, with George S. Curryer[10]
The Barn at Beccles (1891) was a play co-written with George Hughes.[11]
Family[edit]
Bickley married Anna Louisa Ball of Knaphill, Surrey at Woking, on 14 June 1887.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b "Augustus Charles Bickley, Author Information At the Circulating Library". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Marriages". Hampshire Chronicle. 18 June 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 11 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Norman Penney (1904). The Journal of the Friends' Historical Society. Headley Brothers. p. 120.
- ^ "Deaths". Carlisle Patriot. 24 June 1865. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Marriages". Derbyshire Courier. 23 August 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "No. 24347". The London Gazette. 21 July 1876. p. 4107.
- ^ s:Author:Augustus Charles Bickley
- ^ Arthur Cayley Headlam (1889). The Church Quarterly Review. S.P.C.K. p. 367.
- ^ Sir William Osler; Osler Library (1969). Bibliotheca Osleriana: A Catalogue of Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 602. ISBN 978-0-7735-9050-2.
- ^ Augustus Charles Bickley; George S. Curryer (1890). Handfasted. [A Novel.].
- ^ A History of Late nineteenth Centruty Drama 1850–1900. Vol. II. CUP Archive. p. 430. ISBN 978-1-00-128700-3.
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