Geraldine Mitton

G. E. Mitton and J. G. Scott in the early 1930s

Geraldine Edith Mitton (14 October 1868 – 25 March 1955), pen name G. E. Mitton, was an English novelist, biographer, editor, and guide-book writer.^[1] Born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, she was the third daughter of Rev. Henry Arthur Mitton, a master of Sherburn Hospital.^[2] In 1896, she moved to London, where she worked with Walter Besant on his survey of London.^[3] In 1899 she joined the staff of the publishing company A & C Black, where she was on the editorial staff of Who's Who.^[4] She married colonial administrator Sir George Scott in 1920, becoming his third wife.^[5] She collaborated with Scott on several novels set in Burma, and wrote his biography, Scott of the Shan Hills, which was published in 1936, the year after his death.^[6]

Works[]

• 1902 The Opportunist
• 1902 Chelsea: The Fascination of London^[7]
• 1905 The Scenery of London, illustrated by Herbert M. Marshall
• 1907 A Bachelor Girl in Burma^[8]
• 1909 The Book of the Railway, illustrated by Allan Stewart
• 1910 The Thames, illustrated by E. W. Haslehust
• 1911 Where Great Men Lived in London
• 1911 The Isle of Wight
• 1915 Cornwall
• 1916 " The Lost Cities of Ceylon", published John Murray, London. Reprint 1928.
• 1936 Scott of the Shan Hills

Jointly with J. G. Scott:

• 1913 In the Grip of the Wild Wa
• 1922 The Green Moth
• 1923 A Frontier Man
• 1924 Under an Eastern Sky

References[]

External links[]

• Works by Geraldine Mitton at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Geraldine Mitton at Internet Archive
• Works by G. E. Mitton at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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