Harold Avery
English author of children's literature
Harold Avery (13 April 1867 – 25 September 1943) was an English author of children's literature.
Biography
Charles Harold Avery was born on 13 April 1867 in Headless Cross/Feckenham near Redditch, Worcestershire, England. He was the son of William Avery (1832–1899), a needle manufacturer from Headless Cross/Redditch. His father was the owner of the W. Avery & Son company, which made needles, pins and needle cases during the second half of the nineteenth century. His mother was Marie Proctor Dingley (1832–1895), originally of Sherbourne, Dorset. Charles had one sibling, an older brother named Benjamin Ricardo Avery (1862–1947). Charles attended school at Compton Place Road New College in Eastbourne, Sussex and when his studies were completed, went to work for his father in Headless Cross as a needle manufacturer assistant.
Charles married Winifred Allen (1869–1938), the daughter of a Wesleyan minister in Launceston, Cornwall on 26 April 1898. How they met is unknown, however, his parents were active members of the Wesleyan church and his mother had visited West Looe in Cornwall in 1891. On his marriage certificate, Charles is listed as an author who was living at Bridgegrove Villas in St.
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