William James Wintle

William James Wintle (1861–1934) was an English journalist and writer.[1]

Life

Wintle's family was from Gloucestershire. He was educated at the Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys, in Battersea. He then was headmaster of a school for a time.[1]

By 1896 Wintle was writing for the Windsor Magazine.[2] He then joined the Harmsworth staff, working for Lord Northcliffe. There he worked on magazines, and the Harmsworth Encyclopaedia, a part-published (=serialized) work. Later he was director of a publishing house.[1][3]

As naturalist, Wintle was known as a shell collector; his collection went to that of Arthur Blok.[4] He became a fellow of the Zoological Society during 1899. He joined the Malacological Society of London also, during 1916, and was its Secretary during 1919;[1] he was elected to the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland during 1917.[5]

Interested in Christian religion, Wintle donated to the Anglican church in Chiswick. He spent time on Caldey Island with the Benedictines there.[1] A British Museum list of those presenting zoology specimens during 1920 includes a Brother W. J. Wintle.[6] He later became a Roman Catholic convert.[1]

Works

One of Wintle's pieces of journalism, Life in Our New Century from 1901, was published originally in the Harmsworth Magazine.[7]

Wintle also composed and published various books:

  • Armenia and its Sorrows (1896),[8] prompted by the Hamidian massacres. A letter of endorsement from W. E. Gladstone to Wintle was used to publicise the book.[9]
  • Paradise Row and Some of its Inhabitants (1897)
  • Recreations with a Pocket Lens (1911)[10]
  • Nights with an Old Lag (1911)[11]
  • Pilgrim Songs on the King's Highway (1911) [12]
  • The Songs of Old England (1912)[13]
  • Ghost Gleams. Tales of the Uncanny (1921).[14] These are regarded as ghost stories for children, and A Light in the Dormitory has been included in an anthology.[15]

Wintle wrote for the Sunday School Union, using the pseudonym "John Upton" for a weekly article for the Union's Sunday School Chronicle. With them he published:[1]

  • The Story of Florence Nightingale (1896)
  • The Story of Albert the Good (Prince Consort) (1897)[16]
  • Dr. J. L. Phillips ... A Biographical Sketch (1898)[17] with Mary Phillips; biography of James Liddell Phillips (1840–1895)[18]
  • The Story of Victoria, R.I.: Wife, Mother, Queen (1901)[19]
  • Florence Nightingale and Frances E. Willard: the Story of Their Lives, with Florence Witts, undated[20]

According to his obituary, Wintle also wrote a Life of Charles Spurgeon.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Obituary, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. Vol. XXI, 1934–5. p. 149.
  2. ^ "The FictionMags Index, Stories, Listed by Author, Wintle to Wire". Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. ^ Richard Bourne (24 July 2015). Lords of Fleet Street: The Harmsworth Dynasty. Routledge. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-317-40388-3.
  4. ^ Haasiana no. 6, April 2012 (PDF) at pp. 52 and 54
  5. ^ "The Journal of Conchology". Internet Archive. 15 August 1917. p. 217. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Return British Museum, for 1920". Internet Archive. 1920. p. 125. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. ^ P. D. Smith (25 September 2008). Doomsday Men: The Real Dr Strangelove and the Dream of the Superweapon. Penguin Books Limited. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-14-191032-1.
  8. ^ Armenia and its Sorrows, 2nd edition 1896 (PDF)
  9. ^ The Bookseller. J. Whitaker and Sons, Limited. 1896. p. 1000.
  10. ^ William James Wintle (1911). Recreations with a Pocket Lens. London.
  11. ^ W. J. Wintle (1911). Nights with an Old Lag. John Ouseley.
  12. ^ James Wintle, W. (1911). Pilgrim Songs on the King's Highway.
  13. ^ The Songs of Old England /selected by W. James Wintle. Ousely. 1912.
  14. ^ William James Wintle (1921). Ghost Gleams. Tales of the Uncanny. London. ISBN 9781899562695. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  15. ^ Philippa Pearce (1995). Dread and Delight: A Century of Children's Ghost Stories. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-212605-4.
  16. ^ William James Wintle (1897). The Story of Albert the Good (Prince Consort). Sunday School Union.
  17. ^ Dr. J.L. Phillips ... A Biographical Sketch ... Completed and Edited by W.J. Wintle. Sunday School Union. 1898.
  18. ^ "General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine 1794–1950". 1950. p. 135. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  19. ^ William James Wintle (1901). The Story of Victoria, R.I.: Wife, Mother, Queen. Sunday School Union.
  20. ^ Lavinia Byrne (1 January 1995). Woman At The Altar: The Ordination of Women in the Roman Catholic Church. A&C Black. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-264-67335-6.
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