Ollivant
ALFRED, an English novelist; born in 1874. The son of a colonel in the British army; he was, after graduating from Rugby, sent to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, from which he graduated as senior gunner. For two years, until 1895, he held a commission in the Royal Artillery, then resigned, to take up a literary career. literary career Among his works are "Owd Bob" OLLIVIER (1898); "Danny" (1903); "The Gentleman" (1908); "The Brown Mare" (1916); ; and "Two Men" (1919). a