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Andrew Home
1864–1952
A British writer of boys’ fiction who balanced a career in accountancy with a steady run of school and adventure stories. Writing under a pen name, he built a small but memorable place in late Victorian and Edwardian popular fiction.
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Bravo, Bob! De padvinder uit Canada
by Andrew Home
About the author
Born Andrew Jones Halford in Leeds in 1864, he later wrote under the name Andrew Home. Reliable bibliographic sources describe him as an accountant who eventually ran his own partnership in Leicester while writing fiction on the side.
His books were mainly written for younger readers, especially boys, and several centered on school life and friendship. Among the titles linked to him are From Fag to Monitor, Exiled from School, The Spy in the School, and Boys of Badminster, which help place him within the lively tradition of late 19th- and early 20th-century British juvenile fiction.
He married Helen Burton in 1901, and sources note that the couple had no children. He died in Leicester on February 24, 1952.