Ernest Protheroe

Ernest Hanley Protheroe, born 1866,[1] was a teacher and prolific author of fiction and non-fiction.

Ernest Hanley Protheroe

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Born1866
Died1929
OccupationTeacher, author
NationalityBritish
Subject
  • Boys books
  • railways
  • biography
  • natural history
SpouseAlice Chatwin

Biography

Protheroe was a teacher and became a prolific author, sometimes writing under various pen names.[2] during the First World War he wrote some patriotic biographies including Lord Kitchener and Edith Cavell.[3][4]

He was known to have lived in Wimbledon and Hyde, Greater Manchester.[5][6]

Protheroe died in 1929.[1]

Personal life

Protheroe and his wife Alice had three sons, Alan, Cyril and Geoffrey, and two daughters, Marjorie and Phyllis.[5]

Bibliography

A selection of Prothroe's work includes:

  • A commercial geography of the British empire. 1903.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The dominion of man. 1906.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • In Empire's Cause. 1908.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The handy natural history. London: Religious Tract Society. 1909. OCLC 819398604.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The handy natural history. Boston: The Gorham Press. 1910. OL 414901W.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • New illustrated natural history of the world. 1910.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Every boy's book of railways and steamships. London: Religious Tract Society. 1911. OCLC 315073103. OL 24532472M.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The British navy : its making and its meaning. London, New York: G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd., E.P. Dutton & Co. 1914. OCLC 7863189. OL 414896W.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The railways of the world (1 ed.). London, New York: G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd., E.P. Dutton & Co. 1914. OCLC 3222149. OL 7201905M.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell. 1916a. OCLC 747742308.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Lord Kitchener. 1916b.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The sister Crusoes. 1925.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • A book about the romance of mining. 1927.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Earl Haig. 1928.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • A book about aircraft. 1928.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • The book of ships. 1930.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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References
  1. "Stories, Listed by Author". British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index. Protheroe, Ernest (Hanley) (1866-1929). Archived from the original on 4 October 2019.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "Forgotten Authors Volume 2 Paperback – 1 Feb 2018". Retrieved 4 October 2019. Ernest Protheroe: A former teacher and incredibly prolific writer for boys and girls under a variety of names who was probably more successful with his non-fiction than his novels
  3. Protheroe (1916a).
  4. Protheroe (1916b).
  5. "Rifleman Alan Protheroe". Carved in Stone - Merton - UK government. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  6. "Alan Protheroe". Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

Sources and further reading
  • Holland, Steve (1 February 2018). Forgotten Authors. 2. Independently published. ISBN 978-1977064363. Ernest Protheroe.
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