Background
Ervine, St. John Greer was born on December 28, 1883 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of William and Sarah Jane Park (Greer) Ervine.
Ervine, St. John Greer was born on December 28, 1883 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Son of William and Sarah Jane Park (Greer) Ervine.
Student Westbourne National School, Belfast, 1890-1897. Doctor of Laws, St. Andrew’s U. Doctor of Letters, Queen’s U., Belfast.
Clerk insurance office, Belfast, 1897-1900, London, 1900-1912. Author plays, novels, from 1911. Author: (plays) The Magnanimous Lover, Mixed Marriage, Jane Clegg, John Ferguson, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, Anthony and Anna, The Lade of Belmont, The First Mistress Fraser, People of Our Class, Robert’s Wife, Boyd’s Shop, Esperanza, Friends and Relations, Private Enterprise, My Brother Tom, Charles and Mary, Progress, Old George Comes to Tea, She was No Lady.
(books) Mistress Martin’s Man, 1911, Alice and a Family, Changing Winds, The Wayward Man, The First Mistress Fraser, Sophia, The Mountain and other Stories, If I were Dictator, Some Impressions of My Elders, A Journey to Jerusalem. The Organized Theatre, How to Write a Play, The Theatre in My Time. (biographies) Parnell, God’s Soldier, General William Booth.
Craigavon, Ulsterman, Bernard Shaw: His Life, Work and Friends. Oscar Wilde, A Present Time Appraisal. The Wonderful Visit.
Author plays, novels, from 1911. Author: (plays) The Magnanimous Lover, Mixed Marriage, Jane Clegg, John Ferguson, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, Anthony and Anna, The Lade of Belmont, The First Mistress Fraser, People of Our Class, Robert’s Wife, Boyd’s Shop, Esperanza, Friends and Relations, Private Enterprise, My Brother Tom, Charles and Mary, Progress, Old George Comes to Tea, She was No Lady. (books) Mistress Martin’s Man, 1911, Alice and a Family, Changing Winds, The Wayward Man, The First Mistress Fraser, Sophia, The Mountain and other Stories, If I were Dictator, Some Impressions of My Elders, A Journey to Jerusalem.
The Organized Theatre, How to Write a Play, The Theatre in My Time. (biographies) Parnell, God’s Soldier, General William Booth. Craigavon, Ulsterman, Bernard Shaw: His Life, Work and Friends.
Oscar Wilde, A Present Time Appraisal. The Wonderful Visit. Served as private later officer Royal Dublin Fusilers, World War I. Authors (Britain, America).
Served as private later officer Royal Dublin Fusilers, World War I. Member Society.
Married Leonora Mary Davis, July 15, 1911.