Том Беван (1868–1938) ― английский детский писатель. Также писал под псевдонимом Уолтер Бэмфилд. Том Беван писал приключенческие рассказы для детей. Работал также школьным учителем и писал детские научно-популярные книги.
Биография
Родился в 1868 году в Монмутшире, Англия, Великобритания. Том Беван получил образование в школе сэра Томаса Рича в Глостере и колледже Святого Павла в Челтнеме , педагогическом колледже, получившем квалификацию Бристольского университета.
Беван начал писать исторические приключенческие рассказы для детей, работая учителем в школе. В 1920-х годах он был редактором отдела образования в газете «Sampson Low and Marston» . Беван внес свой вклад в развитии несколько журналов для мальчиков, включая журнал «Все истории» и «Boy's Own Paper»Stanley Nichols, "Roving Thoughts on the 'B.O.P.'", Golden Hours 6:1 (December 1962), p. 81. For example, The Baymouth Scouts was serialised in the Boy's Own Paper in 1911–1912. British Juvenile Story Papers and Pocket Libraries Index .
Беван также писал научно-популярные книги для детей. В его «Рассказах из британской истории: 54 г. до н.э. - 1485 г. н.э.» писатель размышляет, например, о степени, в которой исторические пьесы Уильма Шекспира представляют историческую правдуVelma Bourgeois Richmond: Shakespeare as Children's Literature: Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company Inc., 2008), p. 264 Retrieved 11 October 2017. .
Том Беван умер в 1938 году.
Библиография
The Thane of the Dean: a tale of the time of the Conqueror, London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1899. With four illustrations by Lancelot Speed Dick Dale, the Colonial Scout: a tale of the Transvaal War of 1899–1900, London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1900. with eight illustrations by Harold Piffard A Lion of Wessex, or, How Saxon fought Dane, London: S. W. Partridge & Co., . With eight illustrations by Lancelot Speed Against the King, London; Glasgow: W. Collins, Sons & Co. Red Dickon the Outlaw : A story of mediaeval England, London: Nelson, 1904 The War-God and the Brown Maiden, London: Collins . With eight illustrations by Warwick Goble A Hero in Wolf-Skin : a story of pagan and Christian, London: Religious Tract Society, 1904. With illustrations by J. Finnemore Beggars of the Sea. A story of the Dutch struggle with Spain, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons [1904?] A Trooper of the Finns. A tale of the Thirty Years' War, London: Religious Tract Society, 1905 The Fen Robbers, London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1906 Held by Rebels, London, 1906. Illustrated by Percy Tarrant Beggars of the Sea: A Story of the Dutch struggle with Spain, London, 1906 Sea-Dogs All! A tale of forest and sea, London, 1907 The Goldsmith of Chepe: A Tale of The Plague Year, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1908. With illustrations by J. Jellicoe. (Serialised in the Boys Own Paper, 1907) Runners of Contraband: a story of Russian Tyranny, London, 1908. With illustrations by Wal Paget The "Grey Fox" of Holland: a tale of adventure during the insurrection against Philip II, London/New York: T. Nelson & Sons, 1908 The Chancellor's Spy. A vivid picture of life in the reign of Henry the Eighth, London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1909 The Insurgent Trail: A story of the Balkans, London: Sir I. Pitman & Sons, 1910 The Secret Men, London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1910. With six illustrations by Ernest Prater. Stories from British history (B. C. 54 – A. D. 1485), 1910 The House Of Hanover, 1714 to 1901, 1911 Rebels And Rogues, 1911 Out With The Buccaneers; or, The Treasure of The Snake, London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1911 Trapped In Tripoli; or, A Boy's Adventures in The Desert, London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1912 One of the Awkward Squad, London: James Nisbet & Co, 1912 The Baymouth Scouts: A Story of The Napoleon Scare, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1913 With Bandit And Turk, London: S. W. Partridge & Co., 1913 The Uplanders, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1914 (as Walter Bamfylde) Midsummer Magic, 1915 (as Walter Bamfylde) With Haig At The Front: A Story Of The Great Fight, London: Collins Clear-type Press, 1916 With Cossack And Car In Galicia, London: Collins Clear-type Press, 1917 The Last Of The Giants: A Story Of Arctic Canada, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1920 Doing His Bit: A Story of the Great War, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1920 Bob Blair, Plainsman, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1924 The Heroic Impostor, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1925
Примечания
Категория:Детские писатели Великобритании