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Author: Alban Edward Ragg

Author: Alban Edward Ragg (1848–1914)

Alternate Name(s): Maberly Walker (pseudonym)

Biography: Alban Edward Ragg was born in 1848, the son of Thomas Ragg of Lawley, Shropshire. He was the vicar of Christ Church, Chester, but later spent time on Jersey. Under the pseudonym "Rev. Maberly Walker" he wrote Was He Really Mad? (1877), a satire of parish life. He died on 27 May 1914 at Roydon.

Author Tags:

• Clergymen

References: British Census (1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911); Chester Chronicle (6 June 1914)

Fiction Titles:

1. Was He Really Mad? and Other Sketches, Being Incidents in the Life of a Curate.  1 vol.  London: Remington, 1877.