Talbot Baines Reed
English author (1852-1893) · Writers · Died at 41
Talbot Baines Reed was an English writer of boys' fiction who established a genre of school stories that endured into the mid-20th century.
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The City of London School in Milk Street, Cheapside
Issue No. 1 of The Boy's Own Paper, 18 January 1879, with Reed's short story "My First Football Match"
Boys at St. Dominic's: an illustration from the first book edition, 1887
Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland, the annual holiday destination for the Reed family
Reed's memorial stone in Abney Park cemeteryAbout this person
Among his best-known work is The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's. He was a regular and prolific contributor to The Boy's Own Paper (B.O.P.), in which most of his fiction first appeared. Through his family's business, Reed became a prominent typefounder, and wrote a standard work on the subject: History of the Old English Letter Foundries.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1852 to 1893 · aged 41
