Edward Roffe Thompson, who wrote as E.T. Raymond or Edward Raymond Thompson, (27 December 1891 – 13 October 1973) was an English author and journalist. He was the editor of John Bull magazine and wrote a number of biographies of British political figures and celebrities. He wrote an early self-help book, The Human Machine: Secrets of Success (1925).
Edward Thompson was born in Settle, Yorkshire, on 27 December 1891, the son of Edward Charles Thompson, a foreman store keeper. [1] He received his higher education at the Victoria University of Manchester. [2]
He married Caroline Alice (C. A.) Lejeune (1897–1973), a film reviewer for The Observer, in Chelsea in 1925 [3] and they settled in Pinner Hill in Middlesex where they built a house on open fields. They had a son, the writer and broadcaster Anthony Lejeune (1928–2018). [4] Edward was usually known as Roffe rather than Edward in private life. [5]
Thompson wrote for and was the editor of John Bull magazine in succession to Horatio Bottomley. [2] [6] He produced a number of biographies of British political figures and celebrities, and an early self-help book, The Human Machine: Secrets of Success (1925).
Thompson died in Harrow, Middlesex, on 13 October 1973. [1] His residence at the time of his death was Lane End, Hillside Road, Pinner. He left an estate of £32,735. [7]
Edward Roffe Thompson, who wrote as E.T. Raymond or Edward Raymond Thompson, (27 December 1891 – 13 October 1973) was an English author and journalist. He was the editor of John Bull magazine and wrote a number of biographies of British political figures and celebrities. He wrote an early self-help book, The Human Machine: Secrets of Success (1925).
Edward Thompson was born in Settle, Yorkshire, on 27 December 1891, the son of Edward Charles Thompson, a foreman store keeper. [1] He received his higher education at the Victoria University of Manchester. [2]
He married Caroline Alice (C. A.) Lejeune (1897–1973), a film reviewer for The Observer, in Chelsea in 1925 [3] and they settled in Pinner Hill in Middlesex where they built a house on open fields. They had a son, the writer and broadcaster Anthony Lejeune (1928–2018). [4] Edward was usually known as Roffe rather than Edward in private life. [5]
Thompson wrote for and was the editor of John Bull magazine in succession to Horatio Bottomley. [2] [6] He produced a number of biographies of British political figures and celebrities, and an early self-help book, The Human Machine: Secrets of Success (1925).
Thompson died in Harrow, Middlesex, on 13 October 1973. [1] His residence at the time of his death was Lane End, Hillside Road, Pinner. He left an estate of £32,735. [7]