W. Reginald Bray

Willie Reginald Bray (30 April 1879 – 6 June 1939), also known as "The Autograph King", was an English eccentric who first experimented with the limits of the British postal system, including having himself delivered as a letter, and later moved into autograph collecting, amassing over 15,000 autographs by the time of his death.

Biography[]

Bray was born in Forest Hill, London on 30 April 1879. He lived there until 1938 when he moved to Croydon.^[1] He died on 6 June 1939.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

Further reading[]

• Tingey, John (2010). The Englishman Who Posted Himself And Other Curious Objects. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 978-1-56898-872-6.

External links[]

• The Eccentric Englishman, New Yorker magazine book review (2010)