Henry Beckles Willson
Henry Beckles Willson, known as "Beckles Willson", (26 August 1869, Montreal – 1942) was a Canadian journalist, WW I soldier, historian and prolific author.[1][2][3]
Family
On 28 June 1899 Beckles Willson married Ethel Grace Dudley; they had two sons and one daughter.
Selected works
- Harold; an experiment (1891)
- Drift (1895). Verse, 85 pages[4]
- Tenth island; being some account of Newfoundland, its people, its politics, its problems, and its peculiarities; with an introduction by the Rt. Hon. Sir William Whiteway ... and some remarks on Newfoundland and the navy (1897)
- The great company, 1667–1871: being a history of the honourable company of merchants-adventurers trading into Hudson's Bay; with an introduction by Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal with original drawings by Arthur Heming (1899)[5]
- Lord Strathcona: the story of his life; with forewords by the Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Aberdeen. With 8 illustrations (1902)
- Lost England; the story of our submerged coasts (1902)
- The new America; a study of the imperial republic (1903)
- Ledger and sword (1903)
- Story of rapid transit; with thirty-seven illustrations (1903)
- Nattevandring (1905)
- Canada; with twelve reproductions from original coloured drawings by Henry Sandham (1907). A book for young people[6]
- George III, as man, monarch and statesman (1907)
- Occultism and common-sense; with an introduction by Prof. W.F. Barrett (1908)
- Life and letters of James Wolfe (1909)
- Nova Scotia: the province that has been passed by (1911)
- Quebec, the Laurentian province (1913)
- Aglaia of Melos (1914). Verse
- In the Ypres salient; the story of a fortnight's Canadian fighting, June 2-16, 1916 (1916)
- Ypres, the holy ground of British arms (1920)
- Redemption; a novel (1924). 399 pages
- Paris embassy; a narrative of Franco-British diplomatic relations 1814-1920 (1927). 368 pages
- Ambassade d'Angleterre à Paris (1814-1920): un siècle de relations diplomatiques franco-britanniques (1929)
- America's ambassadors to France (1777–1927): a narrative of Franco-American diplomatic relations (1928)
- America's ambassadors to England (1785-1928): a narrative of Anglo-American diplomatic relations (1928)
- America's ambassadors to England (1785-1929): a narrative of Anglo-American diplomatic relations (1929)
- From Quebec to Piccadilly and other places, some Anglo-Canadian memories (1929)
- If I had fifty millions! (1931)
- John Slidell and the Confederates in Paris (1862–65) (1932)
- Friendly relations; a narrative of Britain's ministers and ambassadors to America (1791–1930) (1934)
References
- ↑ http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/bios/hbwillson.htm Henry Beckles Willson (1869-1942)
- ↑ "WILLSON, Beckles". Canadian Who's Who. Vol. 1. 1910. p. 238.
- ↑ "Willson, Beckles". Who's Who. 1914. p. 2254.
- ↑ ""Drift." (a letter to the editor by Beckles Willson)". The Academy. 58: 538. 1900.
- ↑ "Review of The Great Company, 1667–1871 by Beckles Willson". The Athenæum (no. 3778): 359–360. 24 March 1900.
- ↑ "Review of The Romance of Empire: Canada by Beckles Willson". Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada. 12: 23. 1907.
External links
Works written by or about Henry Beckles Willson at Wikisource- List of stories by Beckles Willson, published in The Strand Magazine
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