Ernest Protheroe

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Born1866
Died1929
OccupationTeacher, author
NationalityBritish
Ernest Hanley Protheroe

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Born1866
Died1929
OccupationTeacher, author
NationalityBritish
Subject
  • Boys books
  • railways
  • biography
  • natural history
SpouseAlice Chatwin

Ernest Hanley Protheroe (1866–1929),[1] was a teacher and prolific author of fiction and non-fiction.

Protheroe was a teacher and became a prolific author, sometimes writing under various pen names.[2] during the First World War he wrote some patriotic biographies including Lord Kitchener and Edith Cavell.[3][4]

He was known to have lived in Wimbledon and Hyde, Greater Manchester.[5][6]

Protheroe died in 1929.[1]

Personal life

Protheroe and his wife Alice had three sons, Alan, Cyril and Geoffrey, and two daughters, Marjorie and Phyllis.[5]

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