1852–1941

Introduction

Introduction

Born: No­vem­ber 12, 1852, Cheet­ham, Man­ches­ter, Eng­land.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 23, 1941, High Sal­ving­ton, Worth­ing, Sus­sex, Eng­land.

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Biography

William was the fa­ther of Ro­der­ic Dun­ker­ley, and hus­band of Mar­ge­ry An­derson.

He at­tend­ed Old Traf­ford School and Vic­to­ria Uni­ver­si­ty in Man­ches­ter.

As a bu­si­ness­man, he lived in France for a time, but up­on re­turn­ing to Eng­land he took up writ­ing full time.

He was an ex­pert mount­ain climb­er, and served as dea­con and teach­er at the Eul­ing Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Lon­don.

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