Biography
Early years
Richard Usborne was born on 16 May 1910 atSecond World War and later life
From the outbreak of war in 1939 until 1941 Usborne worked for the BBC Monitoring Service. In 1941 he was recruited by theLiterary career
''Punch''
In addition to his day-jobs, Usborne wrote verse and prose for various publications, including ''''Clubland Heroes''
In 1952 Usborne wrote his first book ''Clubland Heroes'', published in 1953 with revised editions in 1975 and 1983. This work sought to reappraise the adventure stories of the British authorsWodehouse
Other
Usborne's only non-Wodehouse book after the publication of ''Wodehouse at Work'' was ''A Century of Summer Fields'' (1964), "a collection of tributes, reminiscences and other items, by old boys, masters, friends and critics" (including a poem by C. Day Lewis) edited by Usborne at the request of the governors of the school. ''The Times'' called it "a model for prep school memoirs". Usborne contributed introductions to new editions of works by Dornford Yates (1984) and Sapper (2001).Notes, references and sources
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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Usborne, Richard 1910 births 2006 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford British male journalists People educated at Charterhouse School People educated at Summer Fields School British people in colonial India