Occupation Writer Spouse Catherine Raban (m. 1893) | Role Author Name Arthur Waugh | |
Died June 26, 1943, Highgate, United Kingdom Grandchildren Auberon Waugh, James Waugh Books Tradition and Change, Nonesuch Dickens: Retrospe, Robert Browning, Reticence in Literature, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Study o Similar People Evelyn Waugh, Alec Waugh, Alexander Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Virginia Sorensen | ||
Children Evelyn Waugh, Alec Waugh | ||
Arthur Waugh (1866 – 1943) was an English author, literary critic, and publisher. He was the father of the authors Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh.
Waugh was born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset, in 1866 and 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 1892, he wrote the first biography of the poet Alfred Tennyson, which was published by William Heineman. In 1894, he contributed to the first issue of the magazine The Yellow Book. In 1899 he wrote the rhymes for a children's book with illustrations by William Nicholson. In 1900 Waugh wrote and published Robert Browning, a brief biography of the author of the same name. He was also 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.
His published works include poetry, biographies, literary criticism, and an autobiography, titled One Man's Road, published in 1931.
From 1902 to 1930, he was the Managing Director and Chairman of the publishing house Chapman and Hall, about which he wrote a detailed history titled A Hundred Years in Publishing in 1930.
He died at his home in Highgate in June 1943. Fourteen volumes of his diaries covering the period of 1930 to his death are held in the Boston University Library.