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Anthony Berkeley Cox was born 5 July 1893 at Watford, son of medical practitioner Dr Alfred Edward Cox (1861–1936), of Monmouth House and The Platts, two adjoining properties on Watford High Street, and Sybil Maud (died 1924), née Iles, who ran a school at Monmouth House. His paternal grandfather was a Derby wine merchant.
Anthony Berkeley Cox was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley Cox, and A. Monmouth Platts.One of the founders of The Detection Club Cox was born in Watford and was educated at Sherborne School and University College London.
Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971) established a reputation for innovative crime writing under two different pseudonyms. As Anthony Berkeley, he took the British Golden Age detective novel to fresh heights, while as Francis Iles, he was a pioneer of psychological suspense fiction with a seasoning of cynical wit.
Dec 6, 2022 · December 6, 2022 By Martin Edwards. Via British Library Crime Classics. Murder in the Basement was published in 1932, at a time when the author, whose full name was Anthony Berkeley Cox, had reached the height of his powers. Writing as Anthony Berkeley, he had established himself as one of the leading detective novelists of his generation.
Anthony Berkeley was the pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox (A.B. Cox), who also wrote as Francis Iles and A. Monmouth Platts. Born in Watford, England, on 5 July 1893, Cox was educated initially at Sherbourne School before attending University College London. His first novel, The Layton Court Mystery, was published, ironically for someone with ...
Nov 13, 2020 · To his contemporaries, Anthony Berkeley Cox was rather a mystery. He was the son of a Hertfordshire doctor, born in Watford and educated at Sherborne School and University College, London. During World War One he served in the army and for the rest of his life he suffered from the effects of being gassed.
Feb 3, 2017 · Anthony Berkeley Cox used several pseudonyms but is most widely known as Anthony Berkeley, the name under which he wrote the majority of his novels including the series featuring writer and amateur detective, RogerSheringham. Berkeley was born in Watford, into an affluent and well-connected family, his father was a doctor and his mother was descended from the Duke of Monmouth.
