James Harwood Panting (1854 [1] - 1924 [2] ) was a British writer who specialised in school stories for boys. He was the editor of Young Folks [3] and a member of the editorial staff of the South London Press.
James Harwood Panting (1854 [1] - 1924 [2] ) was a British writer who specialised in school stories for boys. He was the editor of Young Folks [3] and a member of the editorial staff of the South London Press.
Panting married Bertha Emily Alais in 1883 [5] and they had sons Ray and Arnold and daughters Ruth and Phyllis. A son Cyril is recorded in the 1891 census but not in 1911. At the time of the 1891 census the family were living at 67 Ballater Road, Brixton, London. [6] George B. Hicklenton, a printer's reader, was lodging with them.
By the time of the 1911 census the family were at 47 Beechdale, Brixton Hill, London. All the children were born in Brixton. [4] Both Arnold and Phyllis became journalists, Phyllis as the noted women's magazine editor Phyllis Digby Morton. The family employed one servant. In 1921, The Literary Year-Book gave an address for Panting of The Shack, Melrose Avenue, Norbury, London SW19. [7]
After earlier literary works and two adult novels, Panting specialised in boys school stories. As Claud Heathcote [8] he contributed stories to The Boys' Friend in 1895 [9] and The Union Jack in 1898. [10]
Panting died in the Croydon district of Surrey in 1924. [2]
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