Pearson, Hesketh

Born in 1887 at Hawford, Worcesterhire, Hesketh Pearson was educated at Bedford Grammar School, then worked in a shipping Office and spent two years in America before beginning a career as an actor in 1911. Until 1931 he worked successfully in the theatre, which provided many insights for his subsequent writing career. Pearson s early works included Modern Men and Mummers which consisted of sketches of well-known figures in the theatre, and also short stories in Iron Rations . Doctor Darwin, a biography of Darwin which was published in 1930, was widely acclaimed and established him as one of t...