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Joshua Flynn was born in [[Sheerness]], Kent, on 15 September 1863. He graduated in mental and moral science from the University of London.<ref name="price">{{cite book|author=Donald L. Opitz ''et al'' (Eds.)|title=Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science|url= |
Joshua Flynn was born in [[Sheerness]], Kent, on 15 September 1863. He graduated in mental and moral science from the University of London.<ref name="price">[https://books.google.com/books?id=9x3eCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA136 "Gender and the Domestication of Wireless Technology in 1920s Pulp Fiction"] by Katy Price in {{cite book|author=Donald L. Opitz ''et al'' (Eds.)|title=Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science|url=|year=2016|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|location=Basingstoke|isbn=978-1-137-49273-9|pages=129–150 (pp. 136–137)}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:12, 14 December 2019
Sir Joshua Albert Flynn (15 September 1863 - 8 October 1933) was a senior civil servant and author. Flynn was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1910 and knighted in 1919. He wrote science fiction, romance and adventure stories under the pen name of Owen Oliver that were published in the popular magazines of the early 20th century.
Early life and family
Joshua Flynn was born in Sheerness, Kent, on 15 September 1863. He graduated in mental and moral science from the University of London.[1]
Career
Flynn worked as a senior civil servant in the Admiralty. He was financial adviser to Lord Kitchener.[1] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1910 and knighted in 1919.
He wrote science fiction, romance and adventure stories under the pen name of Owen Oliver that were published in the popular magazines of the early 20th century,[2] producing over 250 between 1901 and 1934.[1]
Death
Flynn died on 8 October 1933.
Selected publications
Short stories
- "A Martyr to Wireless", The Yellow Magazine, 1924.
- "Days of Darkness", The London Magazine, April 1927.
Novels
- An Author's Daughter. C. A. Pearson, London, 1918.
- A Knight at Heart. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1925.
- Red Blood
Non-fiction
- The Problems of the Civil Service
References
- ^ a b c "Gender and the Domestication of Wireless Technology in 1920s Pulp Fiction" by Katy Price in Donald L. Opitz et al (Eds.) (2016). Domesticity in the Making of Modern Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 129–150 (pp. 136–137). ISBN 978-1-137-49273-9.
- ^ Ashley, Mike. (Ed.) (2019) The End of the World: and Other Catastrophes. London: British Library. p. 71. ISBN 9780712352734
External links
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