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Seaman (SIR OWEN an English writer)

SIR OWEN, an English writer and editor, born in 1861. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and at Cambridge University. After teaching for about 10 years, he began writing for "Punch" and other periodicals, in 1894.

In 1897 he was called to the Inner Temple and in the same year he joined the editorial staff of "Punch," becoming assiscant editor in 1902, and editor in in 1906. In 1909 he was made honorary fellow of Clair College, Cambridge, and in 1914 he was knighted. He was especially well known for his poetical work in the field of parody. He published "Edipus, the Wreck" (1888); "Horace at Cambridge" (1894); "Tillers of the Sand" (1895); "The Battle of the Bays" (1896); "In Cap and Bells" (1899); "Borrowed Plumes" (1902); "Harvest of Chaff" (1904); "Salvage" (1908); "War Time" (1915); "Made in England" (1916), etc.