Bertram Fletcher Robinson
Bertram Fletcher Robinson | |
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Bertram Fletcher Robinson pictured during his tenure as 'Day Editor' of the Daily Express newspaper (c. 1901) | |
| Born | 22 August 1870 Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England |
| Died | 21 January 1907 (aged 36) Belgravia, London, England |
| Resting place | St. Andrew's Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England |
| Education | Newton Abbot Proprietary college |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Sportsman, journalist, author, editor, liberal unionist party activist, barrister |
| Spouse | Gladys Hill Morris |
| Relatives |
Philip Richard Morris (father-in-law) |
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Bertram Fletcher Robinson (22 August 1870 – 21 January 1907) was an English sportsman, journalist, editor, author and Liberal Unionist Party activist. During his life-time, he wrote at least three hundred items, including a series of short stories that feature a detective called 'Addington Peace'. Following his untimely death at the age of just 36 years, speculation grew that Robinson was the victim of a curse bestowed upon him by an Egyptian antiquity at the British Museum, which he had researched whilst working as a journalist for a British newspaper. However, Robinson is perhaps best remembered for his literary collaborations with his friends and fellow Crimes Club members, Arthur Conan Doyle, P. G. Wodehouse and Max Pemberton.