Background
Swinnerton, Frank Arthur was born on August 12, 1884 in Wood Green, Middlesex, England. Son of Charles and Rose (Cottam) Swinnerton.
Swinnerton, Frank Arthur was born on August 12, 1884 in Wood Green, Middlesex, England. Son of Charles and Rose (Cottam) Swinnerton.
Educated Home and Colonial School, Kings X, 1890-1892. Church School, Hornsey, 1894-1895.
Began as office boy, 1899. Clerk J. M. Dent & Company, publications, 1901-1907. Reader Chatto & Windus, publications, 1909-1926.
Literature critic London Evening News, 1928-1931.
Principal novel reader, Observer, London, 1937-1942. John O’London in John O’London’s Weekly, 1949-1954.
Member Reform.
Married Mary Dorothy Bennett, March 15, 1924. Children: Jane Christine, Olivia Mary.