Robert J. Kirkpatrick

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Robert J. Kirkpatrick
Born (1953-11-02) November 2, 1953 (age 68)
NationalityBritish
OccupationResearcher and writer
Years active1990-
Known forWriting on Boy's Fiction
Notable work
From the penny dreadful to the ha'penny dreadfuller

Robert J Kirkpatrick is a researcher and writer on boys' fiction.

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He was born in Stourbridge, on 2 November 1953 and attended grammar school in Lichfield, Staffordshire. He worked as a benefit officer for the Notting Hill Housing Trust from 1990, and wrote some best practice guides for Housing Associations. [1]

Kirkpatrick has written extensively on boy's fiction and is the Secretary of the Children's Books History Society, the British branch of the Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections [2] of children's books at the Toronto Public Library. He has written several short monographs for the society.

One recent work, Henty Goes to School: School Life in the Novels of G.A. Henty [3] Kirkpatrick introduced the topic in the context of Henty's own schooling and then interposed passages about school life from Henty's books with commentary. G. A. Henty never wrote a full book set in a school setting. [4]

Kirkpatrick's most recent work has concentrate on illustrations and he has produced two books on illustrations. He has contributed a whole series of thorough and detailed biographies of illustrators of children's books on the Bear Alley blog. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Works

Publications by Robert J. Kirkpatrick (BL refers to British Library)
NoYearTitleOther Author/sPagesPublisherISBNBLSource of data, if other than BL
11990Bullies, beaks and flannelled fools : an annotated bibliography of boys' school fiction, 1742-2000120Author, London0951637304Yes
21999Housing Benefit: A Good Practice Guide for Housing AssociationsNational Housing Federation, LondonNoEncyclopedia.com [1]
31999Housing Benefit Overpayments: A Good Practice GuideNational Housing Federation, LondonNoEncyclopedia.com [1]
42000The encyclopedia of boys' school storiesRosemary Auchmuty, Joy Wotton385Ashgate, Aldershot9780754600831Yes
52001Bullies, beaks and flannelled fools : an annotated bibliography of boys' school fiction, 1742–2000, 2nd ed.337Author, London0951637312Yes
62001Victorian boys' school stories in books and periodicals : a bibliographyMichael Rupert Taylor107Author, LondonYes
72002A Guide to Housing Benefit OverpaymentsNotting Hill Housing Trust, LondonNoEncyclopedia.com [1]
82006Before Tom Brown : the birth and development of the boys' school story16Children's Books History Society, LondonYes
92010The three lives of Bernard Heldmann32Children's Books History Society, LondonYes
102013From the penny dreadful to the ha'penny dreadfuller : a bibliographic history of the boys' periodical in Britain 1762-1950528The British Library, London9780712309547Yes
112013Wild boys in the dock : Victorian juvenile literature and juvenile crime33 Children's Books History Society, LondonYes
122016Pennies, profits and poverty : a biographical directory of wealth and want in Bohemian Fleet Street550Hanwell, London9781518690990Yes
132016Henty goes to school : school life in the novels of G.A. Henty, edited with an introduction by Robert J. KirkpatrickG. A. Henty264CreateSpace (Amazon self-publishing)9781530447312Yes
142017Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby and the Yorkshire schools, fact v fiction375Mosaic, Middleton-in-Teesdale9780993597053Yes
152019Picturing Tom Brown: How Artists Have Illustrated "Tom Brown's Schooldays"90Author, London9781072137566NoBear Alley [10]
162019The Men Who Drew for Boys (and Girls): 101 Forgotten Illustrators of Children's Books 1844 – 1970559Author, London9781796820980NoBear Alley [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Encyclopedia.com (28 January 2020). "Kirkpatrick, Robert J, 1953-". Encyclopedia.com: Contemporary Authors. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. "Home". Children's Books History Society. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. Kirkpatrick, Robert J.; Henty, G. A. Henty Goes to School: School Life in the Novels of G.A. Henty. Createspace.
  4. Kirkpatrick, Robert J.; Henty, G. A. Henty Goes to School: School Life in the Novels of G.A. Henty. Createspace. p. 1.
  5. Kirkpatrick, Robert J. (12 May 2019). "G. W. Goss". Bear Alley. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  6. Kirkpatrick, Robert J. (5 May 2019). "Thomas Henry". Bear Alley. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  7. Kirkpatrick, Robert J. (28 April 2019). "Frank Wright". Bear Alley. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. Kirkpatrick, Robert J. (21 April 2019). "S van Abbe". Bear Alley. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  9. Kirkpatrick, Robert J. (14 April 2019). "Joseph Abbey". Bear Alley. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  10. Steve (11 October 2019). "Comic Cuts - 11 October 2019". Bear Alley. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  11. Steve (12 June 2019). "The Men Who Drew For Boys (And Girls)". Bear Alley. Retrieved 8 February 2020.