![]() ![]() ![]() He then embarked on a career as a writer of fiction, having his first story accepted almost immediately. Charles Hamilton was privately educated at Thorn House School in Ealing, where he studied Classical Greek among other subjects. Hamilton was born in Ealing, London, one of the eight children of Mary Ann Hannah ( née Trinder - born 1847) ( Lofts & Adley 1975:16) and John Hamilton (1839-1884), a master carpenter. Working life Early life and career (1876–1906) Plaque to Charles Hamilton at 15 Oak Street, Ealing, W5 London, now the site of Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre Vast amounts of his output are available on the Friardale website. He is estimated to have written about 100 million words in his lifetime ( Lofts & Adley 1970:170) and has featured in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's most prolific author. He also wrote hundreds of stories under his real name such as the Ken King stories for The Modern Boy. Other important pen-names included Martin Clifford (for St Jim's), Owen Conquest (for Rookwood) and Ralph Redway (for The Rio Kid). He used a variety of pen-names, generally using a different name for each set of characters he wrote about, the most famous being Frank Richards for the Greyfriars School stories featuring Billy Bunter. John Hamilton (8 August 1876 – 24 December 1961) was an English writer, specialising in writing long-running series of stories for weekly magazines about recurrent casts of characters, his most frequent and famous genre being boys' public school stories, though he also wrote in other genres. ![]()
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