George Manville Fenn

George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) was an English author, journalist, and educator. Although he is best known for his boy's adventure stories, Fenn authored over 175 books in his lifetime, including his very popular historical naval fiction for adul readers. Fenn wrote a number of weekly newspaper columns, and subsequently became the publisher of various magazines, many which became a platform for his social and economic views of Victorian England.