G manville fenn biography
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Dictionary of National Biography, supplement/Fenn, George Manville
&#;FENN, GEORGE MANVILLE (–), novelist, born in Pimlico on 3 Jan. , was third child and the eldest of three sons of Charles and Ann Louisa Fenn.
G manville fenn biography
After a scanty education at private schools, Fenn studied at the Battersea Training College for Teachers under Samuel Clark [q. v.] from to , and became on leaving master of the small national school at Alford, Lincolnshire. After some employment as a private tutor, he moved to London in quest of work, and became a printer.
Purchasing a small press at Crowle, Lincolnshire, he started 'Modern Metre,' a little magazine, entirely in verse, which was set up by himself, and ran from May to October In Fenn became part proprietor of the 'Herts, and Essex Observer,' published at Bishop's Stortford; but this venture proved no more successful.
After endless disappointments, a short sketch entitled 'In Jeopardy' was accepted for 'All the Year Round' in by Dickens, and attracted th