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Sir H. H. (Henry Howarth) Bashford
1880–1961
Best known for the wickedly funny Augustus Carp, Esq., this English doctor turned sharp-eyed satirist brought a wonderfully dry sense of humor to his writing. His life moved between medicine, public service, and literature, giving his work an unusual mix of authority and comic bite.
5 Audiobooks
The Heroic Record of the British Navy: A Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918
by Archibald Hurd, Sir H. H. (Henry Howarth) Bashford
Augustus Carp, Esq., by Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man
by Sir H. H. (Henry Howarth) Bashford
Half-Past Bedtime
by Sir H. H. (Henry Howarth) Bashford
The Corner of Harley Street Being Some Familiar Correspondence of Peter Harding, M.D.
by Sir H. H. (Henry Howarth) Bashford
Tommy Wideawake
by Sir H. H. (Henry Howarth) Bashford
About the author
Born in London in 1880, Henry Howarth Bashford built a distinguished medical career and later became Honorary Physician to King George VI. Alongside that public role, he wrote novels, verse, and light satirical pieces, showing an ability to move easily between serious professional life and playful literary wit.
He is most often remembered for Augustus Carp, Esq., By Himself (1924), a mock autobiography first published anonymously. Its self-important narrator and polished comic style helped make the book his best-known work, and it still stands out as a neat example of English satire from the early twentieth century.
Bashford died in 1961, but his reputation has lasted because his writing feels both elegant and mischievous. For listeners coming to him now, he offers the pleasure of a medically trained observer who understood human vanity extremely well.