H. B. Marriott Watson

Henry Brereton Marriott Watson , known by his pen name H.B. Marriott Watson, was an Australianborn British novelist, journalist, playwright, and shortstory writer. He worked for the St. James Gazette, was assistant editor of the Black and White and Pall Mall Gazette, and staff member on W.E. Henleys National Observer.

Henry Brereton Marriott Watson was born in Caulfield, Melbourne, Australia to Henry Crocker Marriott Watson and Annie McDonald Wright. His father was an Anglican priest and spent nine years traveling with him as he took up various ministries throughout Victoria. He and his family moved to New Zealand in 1872 when his father accepted a position at St Johns in Christchurch. Marriott Watson spent much of his childhood there and would later use it as a setting for many of his novels.

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