Forrest Reid
1875-1947
Born in Belfast. He
studied at Cambridge where E.M. Forster encouraged him to write. He wrote
over a dozen novels on his return to Belfast where he spent the rest of
his life. His books are mostly studies of boyhood and adolescence. His
best known novel was Peter Waring. The third part of his trilogy of Tom
Barber novels – Young Tom – won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Other works include The Garden God: A tale of Two Boys, A Garden By The
Sea, Uncle Stephen, At the Door of the Gate and two autobiographies.
He is buried in Belfast.
Further information, location and directions to the
grave are to be found in "The End - An Illustrated Guide to the
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