John Oxenham

William Arthur Dunkerley
John Oxenham in about 1910
Born	November 12, 1852(1852-11-12) Manchester, England
Died	January 23, 1941 (aged 88) Worthing, Sussex, England
Pen name	John Oxenham, Julian Ross
Occupation	Journalist, Novelist & Poet
Nationality	British
Writing period	1902-1931

William Arthur Dunkerley (November 12, 1852 - January 23, 1941) was a prolific English journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester, spent a short time after his marriage in America before moving to Ealing, west London, in the 1880s, and then to Worthing in Sussex in 1922, where he became the town's mayor.^[1]

He wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: a little book of thoughtful verse (1913) which became a bestseller. He also wrote the poem Greatheart. He used another pseudonym, Julian Ross, for journalism. Dunkerley was a major contributor to Jerome K. Jerome's The Idler magazine.

He had two sons and four daughters, of whom the eldest, and eldest child, Elsie Jeanette, became well known as a children's writer, particularly through her Abbey Series of girls' school stories. Another daughter, Erica, also used the Oxenham pen-name. The elder son, Roderic Dunkerley, had several titles published under his own name.

Bibliography

• Under The Iron Flail (1902)
• Barbe Of Grand Bayou (1903)
• Bondman Free (1903)
• Hearts In Exile (1904)
• John Of Gerisau (1904)
• A Weaver Of Webs (1904)
• White Fire (1905)
• Giant Circumstance (1906)
• Profit And Loss (1906)
• The Long Road (1907)
• Carette Of Sark (1907)
• Pearl Of Pearl Island (1908)
• The Song Of Hyacinth (1908)
• My Lady Of Shadows (1909)
• Great Heart Gillian (1909)
• A Maid Of The Silver Sea (1910)
• The Coil Of Carne (1911)
• The Quest Of The Golden Rose (1912)
• The Gate Of The Desert (1912)
• Bees In Amber (1913)
• Broken Shackles (1914)
• The King's High-Way (1916)
• All's Well (1916)
• The Vision Splendid (1917)
• High Altars (1918)
• Hearts Courageous (1919)
• God's Candle (1929)
• Hearts In Exile (1930)
• The Splendour Of The Dawn (1930)
• The Man Who Would Save The World (1930)
• The Pageant Of The King's Children (1930) (with his son Roderick Dunkerley)
• Cross-Roads: The Story Of Four Meetings (1931)
• A Saint In The Making (1931)

Notes

External links

• Works by John Oxenham at Project Gutenberg
• Cyberhymnal
• Bees in Amber online

This article about an English writer, poet or playwright is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e