Background
Eric Rucker Eddison was born on November 24, 1882 in Adel, Leeds, United Kingdom.
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Eric Rucker Eddison was born on November 24, 1882 in Adel, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Eddison's early education came from a series of private tutors, whom he shared with the young Arthur Ransome. Ransome recalls Eddison's daring and Machiavellian methods of getting rid of unpopular teachers in his autobiography. Afterwards Eddison was educated at Eton College, Trinity College,attended Oxford University.
Eric joined the Board of Trade in 1906, retiring in 1938 to work full-time on his fiction. During a distinguished career he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in 1924 and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1929 for public service with the Board of Trade. He was also appointed deputy comptroller-general of Department of Overseas Trade from 1930 until 1937.
He was also a member of the Viking Society for Northern Research.
Eddison married Winifred Grace Henderson in 1909. They had a daughter. Their son-in-law was Kenneth Hesketh Higson, a Royal Air Force pilot.
