11 Facts About Arthur Waugh

Arthur Waugh was an English author, literary critic and publisher.

Arthur Waugh was the father of the authors Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh.

Arthur Waugh's mother Annie was a second cousin of Edmund Gosse, her mother, Anne, being first cousin of the naturalist Philip Henry Gosse.

Arthur Waugh's great-grandfather Rev Alexander Waugh was a minister in the Secession Church of Scotland who helped found the London Missionary Society and was one of the leading Nonconformist preachers of his day.

Arthur Waugh was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, and New College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for Poetry for a ballad on the subject of Gordon of Khartoum in 1888.

In 1900, Arthur Waugh wrote and published Robert Browning, a brief biography of the author of the same name.

Arthur Waugh was a regular correspondent for the magazine The New York Critic, and from 1906 to 1931, he was a literary critic for the London newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

Arthur Waugh's published works include poetry, biographies, literary criticism, and an autobiography, titled One Man's Road, published in 1931.

In 1893, Arthur Waugh was married to Catherine Charlotte "Kate" Raban, a great-granddaughter of Lord Cockburn.

Arthur Waugh befriended Elizabeth Myers the novelist and short storywriter, encouraging her to continue writing and publishing.

Arthur Waugh died at his home in Highgate, in greater London, England, on 26 June 1943.