Author: William Edwin Coghlan
Author: William Edwin Coghlan (1841–1907)
Biography: William Edwin Coghlan was born on 13 November 1841 in London, the son of clergyman James Coghlan, the rector of Markfield, and his wife Anne. He attended Trinity College Dublin before being ordained in the Church of England. He served in Shuttington, London, Lyndhurst, Beverley, and Routh. He married but the couple does not appear to have had any children. A classical scholar by nature, he wrote religious poetry, sermons, and one work of fiction St. George's Key (1869). Coghlan died suddenly in August 1907 in Holderness after visiting Beverley.
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References: British Census (1851, 1881, 1901); Hull Daily Mail (2 August 1907, 7 August 1907)
Fiction Titles:
- St. George's Key: A Tale for Boys. 1 vol. London: Frederick Warne, 1869.