William Caine (28 August 1873 – 5 September 1925) was a British author.

Biography

He was born in Liverpool, the son of

William Sproston Caine William Sproston Caine (26 March 1842 – 17 March 1903) was a British politician and temperance advocate. Biography Caine was born at Seacombe, Cheshire, and was the eldest surviving son of Nathaniel Caine, a metal merchant from Cheshire, and w ...

and

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, daughter of the Rev.

Hugh Stowell Brown Hugh Stowell Brown (10 August 1823 – 24 February 1886) was a Manx Christian minister and renowned preacher. Hugh Stowell Brown was a preacher, pastor and social reformer in Liverpool in the nineteenth century. His public lectures and work am ...

. He was educated at Manor House School in Clapham,

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, St Andrews University and

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. After leaving Oxford he was

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, but after seven years abandoned that profession for writing. He married harpist Edith Gordon Walker, daughter of Farmer R. Walker of Boston, Massachusetts, and lived at 16 The Pryors, East Heath Road, London NW3. He was a member of the Reform Club and his recreations included trout-fishing and sketching.'' Who Was Who'', vol. II, p. 162.

Publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caine, William 1873 births 1925 deaths Novelists from Liverpool People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of the University of St Andrews Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford