Alan Fleming McGlashan, MC (20 October 1898 in Bedworth, Nottinghamshire 6 May 1997 in London) was a British pilot and doctor. His father was a medical doctor in General Practice. McGlashan joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, later the RAF.
Duncan Campbell Scott (August 2, 1862 December 19, 1947) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. Charles G.D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Scott are known as the "Confederation poets". Scott was also deputy superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, a position he held from 1913 to 1932. Scott was born in Ottawa, Ontario. Early in life, he became an accomplished pianist. In 1883, he met Archibald Lampman who introduced him to poetry and prose writing. His best work was inspired by the Canadian wilderness and the native people of North America. In 1894, he married Belle Botsford, a concert pianist, whom he had met at a recital in Ottawa. After Lampman died in 1899, Scott helped publish a number of editions of Lampman's poetry. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1899 and served as its president from 1921 to 1922. He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1927 for his contributions to Canadian literature, and received honorary degrees from the University of Toronto (Doctor of Letters in 1922) and Queen's University (Doctor of Laws in 1939). His wife died in 1929 and, two years later, he married another poet, Elsie Aylen. He retired from the Canadian Civil Service in 1932. He died in December 1947 in Ottawa at the age of 85 and is buried in Beechwood Cemetery.
Elizabeth Gregg Patterson was born in Newport, Arkansas on August 8, 1904, and lived there until attending Smith College where she graduated in 1926. She moved to New York City and soon after, her career as a writer of short fiction began. For two decades, her stories appeared in such magazines as Charm, Collier's, Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Saturday Evening Post and many more. Throughout her career, she was represented by Harold Ober Associates of New York City. In 1942, Patterson became a Fellow, at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury College, and later, her short story, "Homecoming", was awarded third prize in the 1951 O. Henry Award for short fiction. She married Kenneth C. Patterson in 1930, and moved to Saginaw, Michigan, where she did much of her published writing. Elizabeth was devoted to Newport and had many relatives in that area. She returned there often. As the market for short fiction began to wane, she retired from writing in the late 1950s and divided her time and interests between world travel and living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1983, Patterson suffered a debilitating stroke and soon after, her son, J. David Patterson, relocated Elizabeth to Key West, Florida, where he and his wife owned a sportfishing charter business. She died on March 15, 1987, in Key West, and was buried in the Gregg family plot in Newport. Following her death, The Newport Library set aside a section dedicated to the display of a collection of her work, including many original magazines and telegrams from her agent, Dorothy Olding and Harold Ober, informing her of the sale of a story. Included among her literary friends were Wallace Stegner, Theodore Roethke, Norman Cousins.
Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors mile Erckmann (1822-1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826-1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written. Both Erckmann and Chatrian were born in the dpartement of Moselle, in the Lorraine region in the extreme north-east of France. They specialised in military fiction and ghost stories in a rustic mode, applying to the Vosges mountain range and the Alsace-Lorraine region techniques inspired by story-tellers from the Black Forest. Life-long friends who first met in the spring of 1847, they finally quarreled during the mid-1880s, after they did not produce any more stories jointly. During 1890 Chatrian died, and Erckmann wrote a few pieces under his own name. Tales of supernatural horror by the duo that are famous in English include "The Wild Huntsman" (tr. 1871), "The Man-Wolf" (tr. 1876) and "The Crab Spider. " These stories received praise from the renowned English ghost story writer, M. R. James. Partly as a result of their republicanism, they were praised by Victor Hugo and mile Zola, and fiercely attacked in the pages of Le Figaro. Gaining popularity from 1859 for their nationalistic, anti-militaristic and anti-German sentiments, they were well-selling authors but had trouble with political censorship throughout their careers. Generally the novels were written by Erckmann, and the plays mostly by Chatrian. A festival in their honour is held every summer in the town of Erckmann's birth, Phalsbourg (German Pfalzburg), which also contains a military museum exhibiting editions of their works.
Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 September 3, 1902) was an American historian and novelist.
James Thorne Smith Jr. (March 27, 1892-June 21, 1934), was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction. Best known today for his creation of Topper, Smith's comic fantasy fiction (most of it involving sex, lots of drinking, and supernatural transformations, and aided by racy illustrations) sold millions of copies in the early 1930s. Smith drank as steadily as his characters; his appearance in James Thurber's The Years With Ross involves an unexplained week-long disappearance. Smith was born in Annapolis, Maryland the son of a Navy commodore, attended Dartmouth College, and after hungry years in Greenwich Village working part-time as an advertising agent, Smith achieved meteoric success with the publication of Topper in 1926. He died of a heart attack in 1934 while vacationing in Florida.
Football broadcaster and commentator for, amongst others, BBC London 94.9FM. Born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire on 16 February 1973. Has been working in a freelance capacity as a football commentator, mainly for BBC London, He has covered all 13 teams in the capital city for that radio station. From 2006-2010 he covered and commentated on Barnet FC before announcing in May 2010 that he will stop covering the League Two club with immediate effect to concentrate on other commentary work. He has worked on BBC Five Live, BBC Final Score, BBC Football League Show and many local BBC and independent radio stations. Also worked as a podcast show host during 2008/09 season hosting a show for Liverpool F.C. (even though he's a Fulham fan!) as well as commentating on and DVD narration for the annual European Corporate Cup competition at the David Beckham Academy over three years between 2007 and 2009. He first got into radio covering Hitchin Town FC (where he was press officer and programme editor) on BBC Three Counties Radio in the mid to late 1990's. Most of his current commentary work during the 2010/11 season is for online streaming for the likes of although he makes the odd appearance on BBC from time to time. A full list of his latest appointments are listed on his own webpage: www. barryswain. co. uk In July 2010 he married Lisa-Marie Revell. The couple reside in Biggleswade,
