Edgar Jepson
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| Born | Edgar Alfred Jepson 28 November 1863 Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Died | 12 April 1938 (aged 74) Hampstead, London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Author |
| Spouse | Frita Bisham Holmes 1899-1933 (divorce) |
Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863–1938) was an English author. He created primarily mainstream adventure and detective fiction. He also wrote supernatural and fantasy stories.
Early life
Edgar Jepson was born on 28 November 1863 at Kenilworth, Warwickshire. He was the second of five sons and three daughters raised by Alfred and Margaret Jepson. Jepson’s father, a dentist, originally hailed from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, while his mother was a native of London. Edgar Jepson attended Leamington College for Boys (today North Leamington School and later graduated from Balliol College, Oxford. After completing his education, Jepson spent some years living in Barbados, before taking up residence in the King's Bench Walk area of London where he began his literary career.[1][2]
Career
As an author, Jepson used a pseudonym, R. Edison Page, for some of his short stories. In other works he collaborated with such authors as John Gawsworth, Arthur Machen and Hugh Clevely.[3] Jepson was also a translator, notably of the Arsène Lupin stories of Maurice Leblanc. He was a member of the Square Club (from 1908) of established Edwardian authors, and one of the more senior members of the New Bohemians drinking club.
Jepson edited Vanity Fair magazine for a short period, during which he employed Richard Middleton. After Middleton's death Jepson did much to preserve the latter's memory.
Two of Jepson's children became writers. His son Selwyn Jepson was a crime writer, and his daughter, Margaret (married name Birkinshaw), published novels as Margaret Jepson,[4] including Via Panama (1934). Margaret's younger daughter is the novelist Fay Weldon.
Edgar Jepson died on 11 April 1938 at his home in Hampstead. He was survived by his son and both daughters and his former wife Frita Bisham Holmes, daughter of violinist and composer Henry Holmes.[1]
Works
Sources
- ^ a b "Edgar Jepson, 74, English Novelist". The New York Times (Wireless to The New York Times), 12 April 1938, p. 23.
- ^ Alfred Jepson, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, 1871-1881 England Census
- ^ *Hugh Clevely - Gadetection.PBWorks.com
- ^ Birkinshaw, Margaret 1907–2003 Highbeam.com
External links
- Works by Edgar Jepson at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Edgar Jepson at the Internet Archive
- Works by Edgar Jepson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Edgar Jepson’s Garden
- The Tea Leaf, Jepson's best-known short story
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