Background
Townsend, Horace was born on February 3, 1859 in Claughton, Cheshire, England. Son of Jackson and Pauline (Yaniewicz) Townsend.
Townsend, Horace was born on February 3, 1859 in Claughton, Cheshire, England. Son of Jackson and Pauline (Yaniewicz) Townsend.
Educated Birkenhead School, England. Studied architecture under Charles Barry, president Royal Institute British Architects. Came to the United States, 1880.
Member staff New York Tribune, 1882-1890. London correspondent New York Herald and Philadelphia Ledger, 1890-1900. Devoted to literature, since 1890, and regarded as an authority on works of art
Author: A Little Girl in Grey, 1898.
A Handful of Silver, 1902. Old Wedgwood, 1907; Old English Potteries and Porcelains, 1914.
(plays) Myles Aroon (joint author). Mavourneen (joint author), produced by West. Scanlan and Chauncey Olcott, 1887-1888.
Child of Naples, produced by Alexander Salvini, 1889.
Editor: Some Letters of R. L. Stevenson, 1902. Home: New York, New New York
Member staff New York Tribune, 1882-1890.
Married Mary Ella Worth, July 16, 1883.