Alexander M. (Alexander Mattock) Thompson

Born in Karlsruhe on May 9, 1861, to English parents, he became an English journalist and dramatist who was sometimes credited as A. M. Thompson. From the 1880s onward, he wrote for socialist newspapers and journals, and in 1891 he helped found The Clarion, the influential British socialist paper.

He also built a second life in the theatre. Under the pen name "Dangle," he worked as a critic, and he went on to become an important librettist of Edwardian musical comedies, a side of his career that gave his writing a lighter, more theatrical energy.

Later in life, he published the memoir Here I Lie, the Memorial of an Old Journalist (1937), which reflects the long range of his experiences in journalism, politics, and the stage. He died in London on March 25, 1948.