author
Sir John Godfrey Rogers
b. 1850
Best known for a single lively travel-and-sporting memoir, this late Victorian writer combined hunting, fishing, and firsthand observation in an account of Vancouver Island and Newfoundland. What survives about him suggests a military medical career as well as a taste for outdoor adventure.
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Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland
by Sir John Godfrey Rogers
About the author
Sir John Godfrey Rogers, born in 1850, is credited as the author of Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland, published in 1912. Library and public-domain book records consistently link him with that book, a travel and sporting narrative focused on fishing and hunting in Vancouver Island and Newfoundland.
Some historical records also identify him as a retired officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps, and an obituary notice indexed online describes him as having been educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Because detailed biographical information is scarce and not all sources offer the same level of documentation, it is safest to say that he appears to have been both a military medical man and a writer of outdoor travel memoir.
He seems to be remembered chiefly through his book rather than through a large body of published work. For modern readers, his appeal lies in that mix of personal adventure, place writing, and the sporting culture of the early 20th century.