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Ronald Fraser
1888–1974
A British diplomat and novelist, he wrote imaginative fiction that often mixed fantasy, mysticism, and speculative ideas. His life moved from wartime service and civil service work into a long writing career that produced dozens of novels.
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by Ronald Fraser
About the author
Born on November 3, 1888, Sir Arthur Ronald Fraser was educated at St Paul's School in London. He served in the British military during the First World War in Flanders and France, and after being wounded and left unfit for further service, he moved into the British Civil Service.
Fraser later built a diplomatic career, with postings including Argentina, France, and Egypt, and he was knighted in 1949. Alongside that official work, he wrote extensively, producing novels such as The Flying Draper and Flower Phantoms, and became known for fiction that blended fantasy or science-fictional ideas with philosophical and spiritual themes.
His work has been remembered especially by readers of early twentieth-century fantastic fiction, where his novels stand out for their unusual mix of imagination, allegory, and mysticism. He died in 1974.