Author: John Lee
Author: John Lee (1867–1928)
Alternate Name(s): Garrett Leigh (pseudonym); John Garrett Leigh (pseudonym)
Biography: A rather remarkable and accomplished man. John Lee was born in 1867 in Liverpool to Irish parents. He received an M.A. and Master in Commercial Science from Queen's University, Belfast before entering the Post Office in Liverpool as a second class telegraphist. He steadily rose through the ranks to assistant superintendent in 1901, to assistant telephone traffic management in 1907, to deputy chief inspector in 1916. After a brief term as Postmaster in Belfast, he was the controller of the Central Telegraph Office until he retired in 1927. In acknowledgement of his work, he was awarded a C.B.E. in 1923. Throughout his career, he lectured and wrote on economic and organizational topics. In addition he wrote fiction under the pseudonym "John Garrett Leigh," a variation of his own legal name. In 1902, he married Mary Emily Nickson and the couple had a son and a daughter. As noted in his obituary, Lee was "a man of remarkable intellectual and administrative ability." He died suddenly of a heart attack on 24 December 1928 at sea returning from a business trip to New York.
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References: Belfast Telegraph (28 December 1928); British Census (1911, 1921); Irish Times (28 December 1928); Literary Year-Book (1916); WWW
Fiction Titles:
- The Burning Mist: A Novel. 1 vol. London: Jarrold and Son, 1894.
- Lives that Came to Nothing. 1 vol. London: J. M. Dent, 1895.
- God's Greeting: A Story of This Our Day. 1 vol. London: Smith, Elder, 1899.