Thomas Wemyss Reid
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Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid (1842 - 1905), novelist and biographer, born at Newcastle, and after being connected with various provincial newspapers came to London in 1887 as manager for Cassell and Co. Thereafter he was, 1890-9, editor of The Speaker. Among his more permanent writings are:
- The Land of the Bey (1882),
- Gladys Fane (1883),
- and Lives of W.E. Forster (1888), and Lords Houghton (1891), and Playfair (1899), and William Black, Novelist (1902).
He was knighted in 1894.
This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
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