Philip Prichard Henderson (17 February 1906 – 13 September 1977) was a British novelist and literature critic. Henderson was born in

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, in the United Kingdom. After attending

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he worked as assistant editor of

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from 1929 to 1932. During

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he was employed as a fireman by the

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from 1939 to 1943, while at the same time writing books and articles as a free-lance author and editor. From 1943 to 1946 he co-edited the book trade magazine '' British Book News''. He worked as editor at the

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from 1959 to 1965 and at the publishing house

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from 1964 to 1966. His ''First Poems'' appeared in 1930 and his novel ''Events in the Early Life of Anthony Price: A Novel'' in 1935. Apart from composing complete editions of the poems of

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and

Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, ''Wuthering Heights'', now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poet ...

, Henderson wrote several books on literary criticism, such as ''Literature and a Changing Civilisation'' (1935), ''The Novel Today'' (1936), and ''The Poet and Society'' (1939). Henderson also wrote several biographies of literary men, such as ''And Morning in His Eyes: A Book About Christopher Marlowe'' (1937), ''William Morris: His Life, Work, and Friends'' (1952), ''Samuel Butler: The Incarnate Bachelor'' (1953), ''The Life of Laurence Oliphant, Traveler, Diplomat, and Mystic'' (1956), ''Swinburne: Portrait of a Poet'' (1974) and ''Tennyson: Poet and Prophet'' (1978), as well as a biography of

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titled ''Richard Coeur de Lion: A Biography'' (1958). He was awarded an Arts Council Award in 1967.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Philip 1906 births 1977 deaths 20th-century English novelists People educated at Bradfield College

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