| J. Cuming Walters | |
| Birth Name: | John Cuming Walters |
| Birth Date: | 1863 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham |
| Death Date: | 16 July 1933 |
| Death Place: | Manchester |
| Occupation: | Journalist, writer |
John Cuming Walters (1863 – 16 July 1933) was an English journalist and writer.
Walters was born in Birmingham and was educated at King Edward's School.[1] He began working for the Birmingham Gazette at the age of 17 and joined the sub-editorial staff. He remained working for the Birmingham Gazette for 20 years where he was promoted as lead writer and assistant editor under Alexander W. Still.[1] He was also was the editor of Weekly Mercury. He moved to Manchester in 1903 to become editor of the Evening Chronicle.[1] From 1906 to 1932 he was editor of Manchester City News.[2]
Walters was awarded an M.A. by the University of Manchester for his thesis "William Hazlitt and the Early Essayists".[1] He wrote on numerous subjects including English topography, social housing and King Arthur.[2] Walters was president of the Dickens Fellowship from 1910 to 1911.[1] [3] He edited and wrote works on Charles Dickens, Alfred Tennyson and Marie Corelli.[2] He was active in the Lancashire Shakespeare community and in 1889 authored The Mystery of Shakespeare's Sonnets. He lectured on Shakespeare throughout northern England.[2] Walters was president of the Manchester Humane Society and the Stockport Garrick Society.[1] [4] He died in Manchester in 1933.[5]
Walters was an anti-vivisectionist, spiritualist and vegetarian.[1] He was a member of the Vegetarian Society.[6]