Edward W. (Edward William) Gregory

Edward W. Gregory, identified in library records as Edward William Gregory (born 1871), was a British writer whose surviving books center on design, decoration, and architectural heritage. He is credited with The Furniture Collector (published in 1915), a guide to English furniture styles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and with The Art and Craft of Home-Making.

He also collaborated with Henry Parr Maskell on Old Country Inns of England, an illustrated work that explores the history and atmosphere of traditional English inns. Across these books, his writing suggests a practical eye for household taste and a real enthusiasm for older buildings, furnishings, and the details that give them personality.

Little biographical information beyond his name and birth year was readily confirmed from the sources I found, so it is safest to remember him through his books: readable, informative works for readers interested in antiques, interiors, and the material culture of England.