Edward A. (Edward Alfred) Martin

Edward A. Martin, or Edward Alfred Martin, was a British author born in 1864 and died in 1943. The sources found for him consistently link his work with natural history, geology, and local English subjects, and library authority records confirm those dates and his identity.

His best-known books include The Story of a Piece of Coal, which explains the origins, nature, and uses of coal for non-specialist readers, and A Bibliography of Gilbert White, a substantial work connected with the famous naturalist of Selborne. Other listings for his books show the same wide-ranging interest in the natural world, including titles on dew-ponds and nature study.

What stands out is the way he seems to have written for curious readers rather than narrow specialists. Even from the limited biographical detail available online, his bibliography suggests a writer who enjoyed making science, landscape, and observation feel approachable and worth a second look.