Howard Sturgis

HOWARD STURGIS was born in London in 1855 into a prominent American family. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. His social connections enabled him to mix in the transatlantic set, where he developed friendships with Henry James and Edith Wharton. He published three novels: Tim in 1891, All that was Possible in 1895, and his masterpiece Belchamber in 1904. He died in 1920 at the age of 65.