James Harwood Panting (1854England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. - 1924England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. ) was a British writer who specialised in school stories for boys. He was the editor of Young FolksKirkpatrick, Robert J. (2000) The Encyclopaedia of Boy's School Stories, Volume 2. Ashgate, p. 249. and a member of the editorial staff of the South London Press.
Early life Panting was born in Charlton,1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. Kent, in 1854.
Family Panting married Bertha Emily Alais in 1883England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. and they had sons Ray and Arnold and daughters Ruth and Phyllis. A son Cyril is recorded in the 1891 census but not in 1911. At the time of the 1891 census the family were living at 67 Ballater Road, Brixton, London.1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription. findmypast.co.uk Retrieved 19 November 2014. George B. Hicklenton, a printer's reader, was lodging with them.
By the time of the 1911 census the family were at 47 Beechdale, Brixton Hill, London. All the children were born in Brixton. Both Arnold and Phyllis became journalists, Phyllis as the noted women's magazine editor Phyllis Digby Morton. The family employed one servant. In 1921, The Literary Year-Book gave an address for Panting of The Shack, Melrose Avenue, Norbury, London SW19.Meredith, Mark. (Ed.) (1921) The Literary Year-Book For The Year 1921. London: George Routledge, p. 265.
Writing After earlier literary works and two adult novels, Panting specialised in boys school stories. As Claud Heathcote he contributed stories to The Boys' Friend in 1895The FictionMags Index. Retrieved 20 November 2014. and The Union Jack in 1898.BIBLIOGRAPHY 1898. Mark Hodder, 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
Death Panting died in the Croydon district of Surrey in 1924.
Selected publications The Poetical Works of Leigh Hunt and Thomas Hood. Scott, 1889. (Editor) Through the Crucible (a novel). S.W. Partridge, London, 1898. The Vicar's Atonement. Horace Marshall, London, 1900. The Boys of Blair House. Amalgamated Press, 1904. Clive of Clair College. Warne, London, 1905. The Hero of Garside School. Warne, London, 1906. The Two Runaways. Warne, London, 1907. True All Through. Chambers, London & Edinburgh, 1909.
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