Herbert Newton Wethered (1870–1957) was a versatile English author, who wrote in a number of areas of non-fiction.

Life

He was born on 14 November 1870, the third son of Henry Wethered, a colliery owner of

Clifton, Bristol Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. The eastern part of the suburb lies within the ward of Clifton Do ...

. His father Henry, who died in 1916, was the son of William Wethered and was born in

Little Marlow Little Marlow is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England. History The Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist lies at the heart of the village, not far from the river and next to the Manor House. The original ...

, moving to the Bristol region around 1854, where he worked with his father and two brothers, Edwin and Joseph, in the coal business. Their sister Elizabeth married

Handel Cossham Handel Cossham (31 March 1824 – 23 April 1890) was a British colliery owner, lay preacher and Liberal politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1890. Early life Cossham was born in High Street, ...

. Cossham and H. O. Wills ultimately controlled the colliery. Newton Wethered was educated at

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , head ...

from 1880 to 1888 and graduated B.A. from

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12th ...

in 1892. Around 1905 he made experiments with a friend,

W. Graham Robertson Walford Graham Robertson (8 July 1866 – 4 September 1948) was a British painter, illustrator and author. He donated over 20 works of art to the Tate Gallery, London. "In the London of Aubrey Beardsley, Beardsley and Max Beerbohm, Beerbohm, ...

, a friend, trying to recover the colour print process employed by

William Blake William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. ...

Works

*''From Giotto to John: The Development of Painting'' (1920) *''Medieval Craftsmanship and the Modern Amateur'' (1923) *''The Architectural Side of Golf'' (1929), with Tom Simpson *''A Short History of Gardens'' (1933), influenced by Marie-Luise Gothein. *''The Mind of the Ancient World: A Consideration of Pliny's Natural History'' (1937) *''On the Art of Thackeray'' (1938) *''The Four Paths of Pilgrimage'' (1947) *''Design for Golf'' (1952), with Tom Simpson *''Selected Essays of E. V. Lucas'' (1954), editor *''The Curious Art of Autobiography, from Benvenuto Cellini to Rudyard Kipling'' (1956)

Family

In 1890, Wethered married Marion Emmeline Lund, daughter of James Lund, and sister of Reginald William Lund, a college contemporary. They had a son and a daughter, who were the golfers

Roger Wethered Roger Henry Wethered (3 January 1899 – 12 March 1983) was an English amateur golfer, and the brother of female golfer Joyce Wethered. Early life Born in Surrey, Wethered was the only son of Herbert Newton Wethered and his wife Marion Emmelin ...

and

Joyce Wethered Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory (17 November 1901 – 18 November 1997) was a golfer regarded as the leading British woman player of the inter-war period. Joyce learned the game as a child, as did her brother Roger, who lost a playoff for the ...

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wethered, Herbert Newton 1870 births 1957 deaths Writers from Bristol Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford