George Moreby Acklom Explained

Birth Date:	1870 11, df=yes
Birth Place:	Nagpore, British India
Resting Place:	Claremont, California
Nationality:	British
Alma Mater:	Queens' College, Cambridge
Occupation:	Writer, editor, critic
Spouse:	Lilian Manners (m.1897)
Children:	Dorothea Cecily David Manners
Relatives:	Cecil Ryther Acklom (Brother)

George Moreby Acklom (17 November 1870 – 26 October 1959), was a British writer, editor, literary adviser and critic based in New York City, principally with the publisher E.P. Dutton,^{[1] [2]} and the father of the Hollywood actor David Manners.^[3]

Life and career

George Moreby Acklom was born on 17 November 1870 at Nagpore, India, to English parents.^[4] He was the brother of military figure Cecil Ryther Acklom and educated at Bedford Modern School in England,^{[5] [6]} before graduating BA from Queens' College, Cambridge in 1891.^[4]

After his graduation from Cambridge, Acklom went to Canada, where he was initially employed as headmaster of Harrow House School in Halifax, Nova Scotia.^[7] He then moved to New York City in 1907 to start a career as a literary critic and editor with E.P. Dutton Publishing Company.^{[1] [8]}

Acklom was a prolific book reviewer, editor, translator and contributor. He wrote the introduction to Richard Maurice Bucke's book Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind, which had originally been published by E.P. Dutton in 1901.^{[9] [10]} He was also an editor of John Denison Champlin's encyclopaedia, publisher of research and critiques on the life of the novelist Samuel Butler, and the translator of The Red Gods.^{[11] [12] [13]}

Acklom married Lilian Manners in 1897 and they had two children, both of whom were born in Nova Scotia: Dorothea Cecily in 1898 and Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom in 1900. Rauff, who later in life became a very successful actor in the United States, used the stage name David Manners during his career in theatre and in Hollywood films.^[3] Acklom died on 26 October 1959 and was buried in Oak Park Cemetery in Claremont, a city located on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, California.

Selected bibliography

• Margaret: an idyll. Portland, Maine: Smith & Sale, 1898.^{[14] [15]}
• "In Memoriam", a sonnet published in Century of Canadian Sonnets. Toronto: Musson Book Company Limited, 1910.^{[16] [17]}
• Jekyl Island Club, Brunswick, Georgia 1916. New York, N.Y.: Photogravure & Color Company, 1919.^[18]
• Introduction to Cosmic Consciousness: a study in the evolution of the human mind by Canadian psychiatrist Richard Maurice Bucke. New York, N.Y.: E.P. Dutton, 1923.^{[9] [19]}
• Translator of The Red Gods by French novelist Jean d'Esme. New York, N.Y.: E.P. Dutton, 1924.^{[13] [20]}
• Seventy-five years; or, The joys and sorrows of publishing and selling books at Duttons, from 1852 to 1927. New York, N.Y.: E.P. Hutton, 1927.^[21]
• Winter Vigil. New York, N.Y.: Harold Vinal, 1928.^[22]
• Editor of The New Champlin Cyclopedia For Young Folks. New York, N.Y.: H. Holt & Company, 1933.^[23]
• Hamlet and the Demon. Hastings-on-Hudson, New York: Privately published, 1937.^[24]

Notes and References

1. Book: The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained. 9780486165974. Manning. Henry P.. 9 November 2012. Courier Corporation .
2. Web site: Acklom, Moreby 1870–. worldcat.org.
3. Web site: David Manners Biography. davidmanners.com.
4. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261–1900
5. School of the Black & Red, A.G. Underwood (updated 2010), p.104
6. Book: Bedford Modern School (Bedford, England), VIPAN, Herbert Edwin. A register of the old boys of the Bedford Modern School. Compiled and edited by H.E. Vipan ... Together with a few chapters on its history and institutions.. 21 April 1901. W.J. Robinson. 3. 557698898. Open WorldCat.
7. Web site: McAlpine's Halifax City Directory for 1900–01. 22 March 2012. Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. 7 March 2015.
8. Book: Guide to the Study of United States Imprints. 9780674367616. Tanselle. George Thomas. 1971. Harvard University Press .
9. Book: Cosmic consciousness : a study in the evolution of the human mind. 003925164.
10. Book: Spiritual Crisis. 9781845406950. Waard. Fransje de. 22 July 2013. Andrews UK Limited .
11. Book: The Champlin Encyclopedia: Science And Invention, Volume 10: D-K By George Moreby Edited By Acklom - Used Books - Hardcover - Later Printing - 1948 - from Adventures Underground and Biblio.com.
12. Web site: Samuel Butler: Critic and Philosopher. google.co.uk. Lange. Petronella Jacoba de. 1925.
13. Book: Science-fiction, the Early Years. 9780873384162. Bleiler. Everett Franklin. 1990. Kent State University Press .
14. Book: Margaret : an idyll.. 008014121.
15. Book: Margaret. Acklom. Moreby. 1898. Smith & Sale . 9780659095565.
16. Web site: Century of Canadian Sonnets – BURPEE, Lawrence J., ed.. doullbooks.com.
17. Web site: George Moreby Acklom. edition-elf.de.
18. Book: Jekyl Island Club, Brunswick, Georgia, 1916 .... 002078422.
19. Book: Cosmic consciousness (Open Library). 6497644M.
20. Book: The red gods (Les dieux rouges) a romance. 005872880.
21. Book: Seventy-five years; or, The joys and sorrows of publishing and selling books at Duttons, from 1852 to 1927;. 002335142.
22. Book: Winter vigil. 009519197.
23. .Book: The New Champlin Cyclopedia for Young Folks .... 9159977.
24. Book: Hamlet and the demon .... 82380229.