Basil King(1859-1928)
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William Benjamin King (a.k.a. Basil King) was a Canadian Episcopalian
minister and author. He was born on 26, February, 1859 at
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and received his education at St.
Peter's School at Charlottetown and King's College in Windsor, Nova
Scotia. He was ordained in 1884 and soon became rector at St. Luke's
Pro- Cathedral in Halifax and later in 1892 rector of Christ Church in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1900 King chose to retire from the
ministry because of his failing eyesight and begin what would turn out
to be a very successful writing career.
King wrote sixteen novels, of which "The Inner Shrine", "The Wild Olive" and "The Street Called Straight", were probably his best remembered. He was also a frequent contributor to national magazines.
King was married to the former Esther Foot; in July of 1918 their daughter, Penelope (1894-1970), married Reginald Wilson Orcutt (1894-1965), an American explorer of the Canadian wilderness and son of author William Dana Orcutt, at King's summer home in Dublin, New Hampshire.
William Benjamin King passed away on 22 June, 1928, at his home in Cambridge after a protracted illness. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
Source: 1881 Canadian Census, The Hartford Courant, 23 June, 1928, Fitchburg Sentinel, 23 June, 1928, When Canadian literature moved to New York By Nicholas James Mount, Nick Mount, The Literature Network.
King wrote sixteen novels, of which "The Inner Shrine", "The Wild Olive" and "The Street Called Straight", were probably his best remembered. He was also a frequent contributor to national magazines.
King was married to the former Esther Foot; in July of 1918 their daughter, Penelope (1894-1970), married Reginald Wilson Orcutt (1894-1965), an American explorer of the Canadian wilderness and son of author William Dana Orcutt, at King's summer home in Dublin, New Hampshire.
William Benjamin King passed away on 22 June, 1928, at his home in Cambridge after a protracted illness. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
Source: 1881 Canadian Census, The Hartford Courant, 23 June, 1928, Fitchburg Sentinel, 23 June, 1928, When Canadian literature moved to New York By Nicholas James Mount, Nick Mount, The Literature Network.
