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St. John Lucas
Rugby, England, 1879 - 1934, London
found: The times, 24 Oct, 1934: p. 19 (obituary: Mr. St. John Lucas, a vivaceous man of letters; novelist and story-writer and the editor of the Oxford books of French and Italian verse, d. in London, yesterday [23 Oct., 1934]; in his fifty-sixth year; St. John Welles Lucas b. Rugby, 22 Jan., 1879)
St. John Welles Lucas-Lucas, commonly known as St. John Lucas, (1879–1934) was an English poet known for his anthologies of verse. He was educated at University College, Oxford. He was from 1905 a friend and mentor of Rupert Brooke.[1]
Lucas wrote short stories and vignettes for Blackwood's Magazine and Open Window. His The Oxford Book of French Verse was published by the Clarendon Press in 1907. A selection of his stories was published in book form by William Blackwood and Sons in 1919 under the title Saints, Sinners, and the Usual People.[2] wikipedia accessed 10/20/2017
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