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Augustus Charles Bickley (1857–1902) was an English journalist and author.


Life

Born in
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, he was the youngest son of Francis Bickley of
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, and brother of Francis Bridges Bickley of the
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. Their father died in London, in 1865; as a surgeon and dentist in Carlisle, he had married Harriet Bridges of
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in 1851. Bickley passed the preliminary examination for Civil Service clerks in 1876. A few years later he was working as a journalist in London.


Works

Bickley wrote over 80 articles for the ''
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'', to 1891. He encountered criticism, with his biography of Richard Carpenter (died c.1670) called too close to one written in ''Biographia Britannia''. Other works included: *''Archibald Campbell Tait: A Sketch of the Public Life of the Late Archbishop of Canterbury'' (1882) *''George Fox and the Early Quakers'' (1884) *''Bibliographical Notes'' (1889), editor, vol. IX in ''The Gentleman's Magazine Library'' *''Midst Surrey Hills: A Rural Story'' (1890), novel *''Handfasted'' (1890), novel, with George S. Curryer ''The Barn at Beccles'' (1891) was a play co-written with George Hughes.


Family

Bickley married Anna Louisa Ball of Knaphill, Surrey at
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, on 14 June 1887.


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1857 births 1902 deaths English journalists English male novelists English biographers Contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography English male biographers {{UK-journalist-stub