| LC control no. | n 82112114 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR5470.S65 |
| Personal name heading | Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910 |
| Variant(s) | Medicus, 1840-1910 Stables, W. Gordon (William Gordon), 1840-1910 Stables, William Gordon, 1840-1910 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1840 |
| Death date | 1910 |
| Place of birth | Aberchirder (Scotland) |
| Place of death | Twyford (England) |
| Field of activity | Fiction Adventure stories Health |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Royal Navy Caravan Club of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Physicians |
| Special note | Year of birth still uncertain? |
| Found in | His Born to command, 1892. Shaw, V. The classic encyc. of the dog, 1984: CIP t.p. (W. Gordon Stables; C.M., M.D., R.N.) Annie o' the banks o' Dee, 1899: t.p. (Gordon Stables, M.D., R.N.) Encyclopedia of science fiction website, 11 Mar. 2016 (Gordon Stables; born 21 May 1840 in Aberchirder, Banffshire, Scotland; died 10 May 1910 in Twyford, Berkshire, Scottish medical doctor and author of children's fiction, writing well over a hundred novels, primarily for boys; he served as surgeon on a whaling boat and later with the Royal Navy until 1875) Oxford DNB online ed., 11 Mar. 2016 (William Gordon Stables, children's writer, was born at Aberchirder, Marnoch, Banffshire, on 21 May between 1837 and 1840; about 1875, he settled at Twyford, Berkshire, and occupied himself full-time in writing under the name Gordon Stables; although best remembered, along with G.A. Henty and G.M. Fenn, as a writer for boys, he was also a nature lover and concerned (perhaps obsessed) with health, as well as writing about cats and dogs; he drew upon his extensive sea travels for the background to his many boys' stories and a majority of these are about the sea; on the formation of the Caravan Club in 1907 he was elected vice-president; books include " Cruise of the land yacht Wanderer" and "The wife's guide to health and happiness"; he died at his house in Twyford, Berkshire, on 10 May 1910) Marland, H. Health and girlhood in Britain, 1874-1920, 2013: introd. (Dr. Gordon Stables, ex-naval surgeon and author of adventure stories and reams of popular health advice literature; had 30-year stint as health columnist to the Girl's Own Paper) Victorian Voices website, 11 Mar. 2016: Victorian health & beauty (lists articles in the Girl's Own Paper by Gordon Stables, M.D., R.N. ("Medicus"); digitised articles display the by-line "Medicus") |
| Associated language | eng |
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