Edwin Lester ArnoldEnglish author Edwin Lester Linden Arnold lived from 14 May 1857 to 1 March 1935. The majority of his publications were made under the pseudonym Edwin Lester Arnold. Arnold, the son of Sir Edwin Arnold, was born in Swanscombe, Kent. He spent the majoity of his childhood in India, although he later went back to England to study ornithology and agriculture. His first two books, A Holiday in Scandinavia (1877) and BirdLife in England (1887), were published before he started working as a journalist in 1883. His first novel, The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician, is the story of a warrior who periodically enters and exits a state of mysteriously suspended animation in order to observe invasions or attempted invasions of England. The illustrious Illustrated London News initially published Phra in 24 installments. The book was then released in the US and the UK. Lieutenant Gullivar Jones of Arnold: His Vacation is regarded as significant for 20th-century science fiction literature because Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom trilogy, which was published six years later, may have been inspired by it. Read More Read Less