Author talk:William Henry Wilkins

Sources

Name: William Henry Wilkins
Birth - Death: 1860-1905
Source Citation:

• British Authors of the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1936. (BritAuNC)
• The Dictionary of National Biography. Second Supplement. Three volumes. Edited by Sir Sidney Lee. London: Smith, Elder & Co., . (DcNaB S2)
• The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Five volumes. Edited by George Watson. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1969-1977. Use the index in Volume 5 to locate entries. (NewCBEL)
• The New Century Handbook of English Literature. Revised edition. Edited by Clarence L. Barnhart with the assistance of William D. Halsey. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1967. (NewC)

Cambridge alumni

Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900
about William Henry Wilkins
Name: William Henry Wilkins
College: CLARE
Entered: Michs. 1884
Born: 23 Dec 1860
Died: 22 Dec 1905
More Information: Adm. at CLARE, Oct. 4, 1884. [S. of Charles, farmer, of Gurney Court, Somerset, and Mortimer, Berks. (and Mary Ann Keel). B. Dec. 23, 1860. Educated privately, and then employed in a bank at Brighton before admission.] Matric. Michs. 1884; B.A. 1887; M.A. 1899. Private Secretary to the Earl of Dunraven, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1885. Author (under the pseudonym of De Winton) of St Michael's Eve; The Forbidden Sacrifice; and (with Julia Chetwynd), John Ellicombe's Temptation; The Holy Estate, a study in morals. Joint author, The Green Bay Tree, a satire on Cambridge life. Edited The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton, a memoir founded on her letters and autobiography. Author of the following biographical works: The Love of an Uncrowned Queen, Queen Sophie Dorothea Consort of George I; A Queen of Tears, Mrs Fitzherbert and George IV, etc. Died, unmarried, Dec. 22, 1905, in London. (Who was Who; D.N.B.)