William Leonard Courtney

William Leonard Courtney

William Leonard Courtney (1850 – 1 November 1928) was an English author, born at Poona, India, and educated at Oxford. In 1873, he became headmaster of Somersetshire College, Bath, and in 1894 editor of the Fortnightly Review. In 1874, he married Cordelia Blanche Place; they later had seven children. Cordelia died in 1907. In 1911, William married Janet Elizabeth Hogarth (Janet E. Courtney). Janet (27 November 1865 - 24 September 1954), who was born in Barton-on-Humber, was a scholar, writer, and early feminist.

Works

• Studies on Philosophy (1882)
• Constructive Ethics (1886)
• Studies New and Old (1888)
• Life of John Stuart Mill (1889)
• The Idea of Tragedy (1900)
• The Development of Maeterlinck (1904)
• The Feminine Note in Fiction (1904)
• Rosemary's Letter Book (1909)
• In Search of Egeria (1911)
• Pillars of Empire (1918)

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

External links

• Works by William Leonard Courtney at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about William Leonard Courtney at Internet Archive
• W. L. Courtney at Library of Congress Authorities, with 20 catalogue records