Oswald Kendall

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Oswald Kendall (* 4th quarter 1880 in Chorlton-on-Medlock , now part of Manchester , † 1st quarter 1957 in London ) was an English writer who wrote mostly for young readers in the USA.

Life

With his parents John and Agnes, born Murray from Manchester, he emigrated to the USA in 1892 at the age of eleven. He is said to have worked in various professions there and returned with his parents in 1902.

In May 1915 he enlisted in the army according to his motto “Go, look, and see” and was a soldier at the front until the end of the First World War. On July 1, 1916, he was wounded in the Battle of the Somme and spent several months in a London hospital. In 1917 he was taken prisoner by Germany. After the war he lived in London, where he married Kate Orton in 1919. She died in 1933; Children are not occupied.

Kendall has published several novels and wrote for the American magazine Youth Companion and English magazines such as Boy's Own Paper . His books were considered adventure stories for boys.

Works

  • Captain Hawks: Master Mariner. A story of the sea, told by George Henry Grummet, mate of the schooner Effie Dean, London, Stanley Paul & Co., 1912.
  • Captain Protheroe's fortune; a story of the sea as told to the author by George Henry Grummet, mate of the Schooner Effie Dean, Chicago, AC McClurg, 1913.
  • The romance of the Martin Connor , Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916, previously as a series in The Youth Companion
  • The Stormy Petrel. A novel, Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925.
  • The Missing Island. A novel. Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926.
  • Simmonds of the Schooner "Lucy Anne". A novel. London, New York, T. Nelson, 1926.
  • The voyage of the Martin Connor, Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931 (corresponds to The romance ... of 1916)

literature

  • Who was who among English and European authors, 1931–1949, Vol. 2, sv Kendall, Detroit 1978

supporting documents

  1. ^ Civil status database sv Oswald Kendall, accessed on August 10, 2011
  2. ^ Who was who among English and European authors, 1931–1949. Vol. 2, Detroit 1978
  3. ^ Ellis Island Immigrant Database sv John Kendall, September 26, 1892, accessed August 9, 2011
  4. ^ The Writer. Volume 28, 1916, p. 138 f.
  5. ^ The Writer. Volume 28, 1916, p. 138
  6. ↑ The Bookseller, news dealer and Stationer. February 15, 1918, p. 164. New York Times book review and magazine. December 30, 1917, p. 584
  7. ↑ Who was who among English and European authors, 1931–1949, Vol. 2, sv Kendall, Detroit 1978
  8. ^ William O. Lofts, The men behind boy's fiction, London 1970, p. 212
  9. ↑ The New Age, Volume 11 (1912), p. 546, with author name Kendal (PDF file; 5.38 MB). - The Dial, Volume 61 (1916), p. 352. - The Boys 'and Girls' Readers 6 (1919), p. 201. - Literature in the Junior High School, Volume 1, Boston, New York 1926, p. 364
  10. ^ The Writer , Volume 28 (1916), p. 138
personal data
SURNAME Kendall, Oswald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kendal, Oswald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH between October 1880 and December 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Chorlton-on-Medlock , now Manchester
DATE OF DEATH between January 1957 and March 1957
Place of death London