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May Bateman
1872–1938
A British novelist, poet, and journalist who moved easily between fiction and magazine writing, she published works including The Altar of Life, The Glowworm, and Farquharson of Glune. Her career also included newspaper and editorial work, giving her writing a lively connection to the literary world of her time.
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Farquharson of Glune
by May Bateman
About the author
Born in London in 1872, May Bateman was educated at the Anglo-French College in South Kensington. She built a varied literary career as a poet, novelist, and journalist, and sources describe her as having worked as a correspondent for the Daily Express and as an editor for the Imperial Colonist.
Bateman also contributed to magazines such as Good Housekeeping and Harper’s Bazaar. Her published books include the novels The Altar of Life (1898), The Glowworm (1901), and Farquharson of Glune (1908), showing a writing life that stretched across several decades.
She died in 1938. Some genealogical sources give her fuller name as May Geraldine Frances Bateman, though library-style and literary references usually list her simply as May Bateman.