Edward Bradley (writer)
Edward Bradley was an English clergyman and novelist. He was born in Kidderminster and educated at Durham University from which he took his pen name Cuthbert M. Bede, B.A. His most popular book was The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, on the experiences of an Oxford undergraduate. There was a sequel, Little Mr Bouncer and his friend Verdant Green. Tales of College Life , introduces the character of Mr Affable Canary. The celebrated illustrations to the Verdant Green books were the work of the author.
He was the second son of Thomas Bradley, surgeon of Kidderminster, who came of a somewhat ancient Worcestershire and clerical family. He was born onMarch 1827. A brother, Thomas Waldron Bradley, was author of two novels, Grantley Grange and Nelly Hamilton , while an uncle, William Bradley of Leamington, wrote Sketches of the Poor by a retired Guardian.
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