Author talk:Richard Dark

I suspect that this is the person identified in VIAF [1]

head master at The Duke of York's School, 1911 (per 1911 census and "Duke of York's School" [Date: Friday, Oct. 8, 1909 Publication: Dover Express Issue: 2675] where he is stated as being M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford.

1911 census doesn't show other educated people of that name in England.

=> the VIAF person published in

• 1931: Shakespeare and that crush
• 1920: The Quest of the Indies
• 1937: Dibchick

I can also see contributed work

• 1909: "Simpson's Hesitation" The London Magazine

Reviews of his work cite him as a humorist.

census

• 1911 England

Name Richard Dark
Age in 1911 34
Relation to Head Head
Gender Male
Birth Place Tottenham, Middlesex
Civil parish Guston
County/Island Kent
Street Address The Duke of York's School, Guston Near Dover
Marital Status Single
Occupation Head Master
Registration District Number 65
Sub-registration district St Margarets at Cliffe
ED, institution, or vessel 7-8
Piece 4589
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Richard Dark 34 Head
Lucy Jane Frost 51 Servant

• 1881 England

Name Richard Dark
Age 4
Gender Male
Where born Totenham, Middlesex, England
Civil parish Brize Norton
County/Island Oxfordshire
Street Address Farm House
Registration district Witney
ED, institution, or vessel 8
Neighbors
Piece 1514
Folio 110
Page number 14
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Richard H. Dark 29 Head
Maresa C. Dark 32 Wife
Richard Dark 4 Son
Winifred E. Dark 3 Daughter
Harry Dark 2 Son
Elizabeth Dark Daughter
John Fisher 80 Father in Law (Father-in-law)
Margret Tombs 24 Servant
Ellen Day 18 Servant

birth

• FreeBMD

Name Richard Dark
Registration Date 1876 Sep. Q.
Registration Place Edmonton, Middlesex
Volume 3a
Page 233

notes

• Not seeing in 1939 Register for E&W
• No death show in FreeBMD Rich* Dark born 1870-1880

  Not to be confused with Richard Darke of similar age and of Worcestershire.