Robert Anderton Naylor

Robert Anderton Naylor was an English travel writer from Cheshire who wrote about ambitious journeys at a time when travel itself was part test, part entertainment, and part education. He is associated with works including Across the Atlantic and, with his brother John Anderton Naylor, From John O'Groat's to Land's End; or, 1372 Miles on Foot.

That walking narrative grew out of a remarkable long-distance tour and has helped keep his name alive with readers interested in classic British travel writing. The surviving references found for him suggest a writer closely connected with the culture of exploration and literary travel in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Reliable biographical detail on his personal life is limited in the sources reviewed, so it is safest to remember him chiefly through his books: energetic, observant travel writing from an era when crossing a country on foot or sailing across the Atlantic could still feel like a grand public adventure.