Howard Sturgis

Howard Sturgis
Born January 30, 1855(1855-01-30)
London, England
Died 1920
Windsor, Berkshire, England
Occupation novelist
Nationality English

Howard Overing Sturgis (1855–1920) was an English writer.

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Biography

Born into an affluent New England family in London, he attended Eton and Cambridge and was friends with Henry James and Edith Wharton.[1] After the death of his parents, he moved into a country house with his lover William Haynes-Smith.[1] His first two novels were successful as far as sales were concerned; his third, Belchamber, failed to gain the same plaudits, however,[1] although Edith Wharton praised it.[2] Sturgis went on to publish one short story and a memorial on his friend Anne Thackeray before his death in 1920.[2]

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References

  1. ^ a b c New York Review of Books
  2. ^ a b Borklund, Elmer. "Howard Sturgis, Henry James, and Belchamber". Modern Philology, Vol. 58, No. 4 (May, 1961)

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