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12-559: Robert Hichens may refer to: Robert Hichens (writer) (1864–1950), English writer Robert Hichens (sailor) (1882–1940), quartermaster on the RMS Titanic Robert Peverell Hichens (1909–1943), RNVR officer in the Second World War [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with

24-582: A Ph.D. and he became an associate professor of Latin and Sanskrit at New York University until 1902. Professor Cooper was the editor of various periodicals, including The New York Commercial Advertiser (1898-1904), The Forum (1907-1909), and for a short time of the New York Globe. He died in New London, Connecticut, shortly after returning from a trip to Europe on May 20, 1937. The Ravi D. Goel collection of Frederic Taber Cooper

36-586: A desire to be a musician. Later in life he would become music critic on The World , taking the place of George Bernard Shaw . He studied at the London School of Journalism . Hichens was a great traveller. Egypt was one of his favourite destinations – he first went there in the early 1890s for his health. For most of his later life he lived outside England, in Switzerland and the Riviera . Hichens

48-546: Is about a supernatural visitation and is thought by some to be Hichens's best fiction – it is frequently anthologised). "How Love Came to Professor Guildea" was not initially well-received, with Frederic Taber Cooper calling the story "a hideous bit of morbidity" and Edmund Wilson dismissing the story as "trash". Later reviews of the story were more positive; J. A. Cuddon called it "outstanding" and compared it with " The Horla " by Guy de Maupassant and "The Beckoning Fair One" by Oliver Onions . Brian Stableford described

60-501: The Great Sphinx . Other early fiction includes The Folly of Eustace (1896), a collection of stories including some supernatural; Flames (1897), a story resembling Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ; The Londoners (1898), a satire about decadent London; The Slave (1899), a fantasy about an amazing emerald; Tongues of Conscience (1900), a collection of five horror stories including "How Love Came to Professor Guildea" (this story

72-581: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Hichens&oldid=948025905 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robert Hichens (writer) Robert Smythe Hichens (14 November 1864 – 20 July 1950)

84-416: The stage for Wilde's public disgrace and downfall. Hichens was also friends with several other writers, including E. F. Benson and Reggie Turner , as well as the composer Maude Valérie White . Hichens's first big success was An Imaginative Man (1895); set in the city of Cairo , Egypt, a place which fascinated Hichens, it is a study of insanity, in which the hero becomes dangerously obsessed with

96-562: The story as an "authentic masterpiece of horror fiction", and Jason Colavito called it "possibly one of the greatest stories of its age". Hichens's Felix (1902), is an early fictional treatment of hypodermic morphine addiction, while The Garden of Allah (1904) sold well internationally, and was made into a film three times. Hichens published his memoirs in 1947, Yesterday . Novels Collections Nonfiction Anthologies containing stories by Hichens Short stories Additional sources Frederic Taber Cooper Cooper

108-412: Was a homosexual; he never married. Hichens first novel, The Coastguard's Secret (1886), was written when he was only seventeen. He first became well known among the reading public with The Green Carnation (1894), a satire of Hichens's friends Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas ; since the work made clear Wilde was homosexual it was withdrawn from publication in 1895, but not before helping set

120-637: Was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays. He is best remembered as a satirist of the " Naughty Nineties ". Hichens was born in Speldhurst in Kent, the eldest son of the Rev. Frederick Harrison Hichens, and his wife Abigail Elizabeth Smythe. He was educated at Clifton College , the Royal College of Music and early on had

132-686: Was born in New York City , graduated from Harvard University in 1886 and obtained an LL.B. from Columbia University in 1887. On November 29, 1887, he married Edith Redfield in New York. Edith's father Amasa A. Redfield was a New York attorney and author. In 1888, he was admitted to the New York Bar, but promptly abandoned the practice of law. Returning to Columbia, he obtained an A.M. in 1891, serving as an associate instructor of Latin until 1894. In 1895, Columbia awarded him

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144-710: Was donated to Yale's Beinecke Library in 2018. The summary states, "The collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to American editor and author Frederic Taber Cooper. Correspondence includes letters to Cooper from authors, literary scholars, and publishers. Correspondents include: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, Paul Hervey Fox, Coulson Kernahan, Walter Learned, George Barr McCutcheon, Florence Guy Seabury, Louise Morgan Sill, and Ella Wheeler Wilcox, as well as publishers D. Appleton and Company and Henry Holt and Company. Other papers include clippings, legal and financial records, notebooks, printed material, and

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