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Edward Gilliat
1841–1915
A Victorian clergyman and schoolmaster who turned history and adventure into lively books for young readers, he wrote tales of sieges, explorers, and heroic episodes from Britain’s past. His work blends moral purpose with a strong sense of story.
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About the author
Born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, Edward Gilliat was an Anglican clergyman as well as a prolific writer. Reliable library and reference sources describe him as educated at Oxford, ordained in the Church of England, and active as a schoolmaster.
He taught first at Westminster and then spent many years at Harrow, where he became well known as a master. Alongside school life he wrote both fiction and popular historical works, including books on the Indian Mutiny, modern India, Africa, modern sieges, and Elizabethan heroes, often aimed at younger readers.
His writing has the clear, energetic style of late Victorian and Edwardian historical storytelling: brisk, patriotic, and full of dramatic incident. He died in 1915, and several sources note that his death followed a road accident involving a motorcar.