Author: Campbell Rae Brown
Author: Campbell Rae Brown (1860–1937)
Biography: Campbell Rae Brown was born on 18 April 1860 in Argyllshire, the son of novelist Colin Rae Brown. He adopted his father's literary vocation as his own, becoming a journalist and writing novels, plays, and poetry. His best known work was the narrative poem "Kissing-Cup's Race" which became the basis of two films in 1921 and 1931. Like this poem, much of his work had sport as its subject. He married in April 1884 but divorced in 1886 due to her adultery. He subseqently remarried a decade later. Brown's literary career ended abruptly due to the sudden death of his son in 1932. He himself died on 30 June 1937 in Pembury, Kent.
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References: British Census (1871, 1891); Edinburgh Evening News (3 June 1886); Kent and Sussex Courier (16 July 1937)
Fiction Titles:
- Richard Barlow the Bloodhound: A Story in Twelve Scenes. 1 vol. London: Dean and Son, 1889.
- The Loveliest Woman in London: A Story in Ten Scenes. 1 vol. London: Dean and Son, 1889.
- That Awful Baby!: A Romance of the Real. 1 vol. London: Remington, 1893.
- Very Long Odds and a Strange Finish. 1 vol. London: Routledge, 1893.
- The Devil's Shilling: Being the Simple Narrative of the Extraordinary Career of a Certain Coin of the Realm. 1 vol. London: H. J. Drane, 1897.
- The Resurrection of his Grace. 1 vol. London: Greening and Co., 1899.
- The Shadow on the Manse: A Story of Religion and the Stage. 1 vol. London: Greening and Co., 1899.