LC control no. | n 50057464 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PR9639.3.S325 |
Personal name heading | Satchell, William |
Variant(s) | White, Samuel Cliall Satchell, Wm. (William) Satchell, W. (William) |
Associated country | New Zealand |
Birth date | 1861-02-01 |
Death date | 1942-10-21 |
Place of birth | London (England) |
Field of activity | Novels |
Profession or occupation | Novelists Writers |
Found in | His The toll of the bush, 1905: t.p. (William Satchell) NZ database, Mar. 2, 2009 (usage: William Satchell, Wm. Satchell, W. Satchell) Dict. of NZ biog. WWW site, Mar. 2, 2009 (Satchell, William Arthur, 1861-1942, orchardist, writer, stockbroker, novelist, accountant; b. Feb. 1, 1861 in London, England; he appeared in 1883 as Samuel Cliall White, author of a trivial bit of juvenilia and a miscellany of verse and prose; d. Oct. 21, 1942; by early 1886 he decided to emigrate to New Zealand; sailed on 21 May 1886 on the Arawa. His brother Tom and a cousin followed in 1887; he is remembered for three of his four novels, The land of the lost, The toll of the bush and The greenstone door; his three successful novels represent the most significant achievement in New Zealand fiction before the First World War) |
Associated language | eng |