Author: Alfred Cooper Fryer
Author: Alfred Cooper Fryer (1855–1937)
Biography: Alfred Cooper Fryer was born in 1855 in Manchester. He was educated at Queenwood College, Owens College, and Leipzig University (Ph.D. 1882). On his return to England, he became a government inspector of chemical works. As an inspector, he was the member of several professional chemical societies. He also turned his hand to fiction beginning with Vic: The Autobiography of a Pomeranian Dog (1880). Later in life, Fryer lived in Bristol where he became a keen archaeologist and antiquarian (his expertise was baptismal fonts and medieval monumental effigies). He never married and died suddenly, collapsing in the street, on 1 September 1937 in Clifton.
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References: British Census (1871, 1891, 1901, 1911); Probate; Somerset Guardian (10 September 1937); Western Daily Press (2 September 1937)
Fiction Titles:
- Vic: The Autobiography of a Pomeranian Dog. 1 vol. Manchester: J. E. Cornish, 1880.
- Harold and the Months: or, A Boy's Travels in Dreamland. A Fairy Tale for Small Folk.. 1 vol. Manchester: J. E. Cornish, 1881.
- Travels in Dreamland: A Fairy Tale. 1 vol. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1889.