Author: Henry Colson
Author: Henry Colson (1824–1878)
Biography: Henry Colson was born on 12 October 1824 in Hackney, the son of clerk Richard Colson and his wife Catherine Drawbridge. He followed his father and became a clerk to a bookseller. On the side, he also wrote a few books beginning with Worth her Weight in Gold (1863). His second novel Without a Friend in the World (1866) had some success, going through four editions in a short time. Colson married and had two children. He died in 1878 in Lambeth.
References: British Census (1841, 1851, 1861, 1871)
Fiction Titles:
- Worth Her Weight in Gold. 1 vol. London: Wertheim and Macintosh, 1863.
- Without a Friend in the World. 1 vol. London: William Macintosh, 1866.
- Adelaide Rosenberg's Troubles. 1 vol. London: William Poole, 1876.