List of stories by Charles Hamilton
Encyclopedia
The table below is a summary of the stories published by Charles Hamilton
during his career.
Charles Hamilton (writer)
Charles Harold St. John Hamilton , was an English writer, specializing in writing long-running series of stories for weekly magazines about recurrent casts of characters, his most frequent and famous genre being boys' public school stories, though he also dealt with other genres...
during his career.
Listing
| Subject matter | Pen-name | Publication | Dates | Estimated number of stories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greyfriars School | Frank Richards | Magnet, Schoolboys' Own Library, Billy Bunter's Own, Cassell | 1908-1961 | 1,500 |
| St Jim's School | Martin Clifford | Gem, Schoolboys Own Library, Tom Merry's Own, Goldhawk Books | 1907-1956 | 1,000 |
| Rookwood School | Owen Conquest | Boys' Friend Weekly, Greyfriars Holiday, Annual, Billy Bunter's Own | 1915-1961 | 585 |
| Cedar Creek School | Martin Clifford | Boys' Friend Weekly | 1917-1921 | 205 |
| Benbow Floating School | Owen Conquest | Greyfriars' Herald | 1915-1920 | 20 |
| Highcliffe School | Frank Richards | Boys' Friend Library and the Magnet | 1915 - 1940 | 2 |
| Sparshott School | Frank Richards | William C Merrett | 1945-46 | 6 |
| Carcroft School | Frank Richards | Hutchinson's Pie, The Silver Jacket, Tom Merry's Own | 1944-55 | 50 |
| Lynwood School | Frank Richards | JB Publications | 1949 | 2 |
| Topham School | Frank Richards | Mascot | 1946-47 | 4 |
| High Coombe - The School for Slackers | Charles Hamilton | Modern Boy The Modern Boy The Modern Boy was a British Boys magazine published between 1928 and 1939 by the Amalgamated Press and ran to some 610 issues. First launched on 11 February 1928 and always costing just 2d , the magazine ran initially to 523 weekly issues until 12 February 1938... , Popular |
1935 | 20 |
| Bendover School | Charles Hamilton | Pilot | 1937 | 20 |
| St Kit's | Charles Hamilton | Pluck | 1907 | 49 |
| Grimsdale School | Frank Richards | Ranger | 1931-30 | 100 |
| Headland House School | Hilda Richards | William C Merrett | 1946 | 3 |
| St Olive's School | Hilda Richards | Mascot | 1946-47 | 3 |
| Cliff House School | Hilda Richards | School Friend, Cassell | 1919-1950 | 20 |
| Herlock Sholmes - Spoof detective | Peter Todd | Greyfriars' Herald, The Magnet, The Gem, Tom Merry's Own Annual, The Penny Popular | 1915-1954 | 100 |
| King Cricket - story of county cricket | Charles Hamilton | Boy's Realm | 1907 | 24 |
| Ken King - South Seas | Charles Hamilton | Modern Boy | 1928-1939 | 208 |
| The Popolaki Patrol - Africa | Charles Hamilton | Popular | 1930 | 15 |
| Rio Kid - Westerns | Ralph Redway | Modern Boy, Popular | 1928-1938 | 60 |
| Bunny Hare - Boy Adventurer | Charles Hamilton | Modern Boy | 1930 | 12 |
| Len Lex - Schoolboy Detective | Charles Hamilton | Modern Boy | 1936-37 | 24 |
| Jack Free / Jack of all Trades - Itinerant | Frank Richards | Mandeville & Spring Books, Billy Bunter's Own | 1949-1955 | 10 |
| Romance | Winston Cardew | W.C. Merrett | 1945-1946 | 5 |
| Trapps Holmes general - Detective, Western, School | Gordon Conway, Freeman Fox, Hamilton Greening, Cecil Herbert, Prosper Howard, Robert Jennings, Gillingham Jones, T Harcourt Llewelyn, Clifford Owen, Ridley Redway, Raleigh Robbins, Eric Stanhope, Robert Stanley, Nigel Wallace, Talbot Wynyard, | Smiles, Funny Cuts, World's Comic, Picture Fun, Vanguard, Coloured Comic | 1899-1910 | In excess of 1,000 |
| Early work - inc. pirate adventures | Various | Various | 1894-1899 | Not known |
See also
- Charles Hamilton (writer)Charles Hamilton (writer)Charles Harold St. John Hamilton , was an English writer, specializing in writing long-running series of stories for weekly magazines about recurrent casts of characters, his most frequent and famous genre being boys' public school stories, though he also dealt with other genres...
- The MagnetThe MagnetThe Magnet was a United Kingdom weekly boys' story paper published by Amalgamated Press. It ran from 1908 to 1940, publishing a total of 1683 issues. Each issue contained a long school story about the boys of Greyfriars School, a fictional public school located somewhere in Kent, and were written...
- The GemThe GemThe Gem was a story paper published in Great Britain by Amalgamated Press in the early 20th century, predominately featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school "St. Jim's". These stories were all written using the pen-name of Martin Clifford, the majority by Charles Hamilton who was...
- Greyfriars SchoolGreyfriars SchoolGreyfriars School is a fictional English public school used as a setting in the long running series of stories by the writer Charles Hamilton, who wrote under the pen-name Frank Richards. Although the stories are focused on the Remove , whose most famous pupil was Billy Bunter, other characters...
- Billy BunterBilly BunterWilliam George Bunter , is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards...
- Bessie BunterBessie BunterElizabeth Gertrude Bunter, better known as Bessie Bunter, is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton, who also created her more famous brother Billy Bunter.-History:...
- Tom MerryTom MerryTom Merry, a fictional schoolboy, was the principal character in the St Jim's stories which appeared in the boy’s weekly paper, The Gem, from 1907 to 1939...
External links
- Friardale Hamilton material
- Magnets
- Collecting Books and Magazines Detailed article
- Greyfriars, The Magnet & Billy Bunter Facts and Figures
- Greyfriars Index Detailed listing of Hamilton material
- The Friars Club Enthusiasts’ Club
- The Magnet Detailed site about The Magnet
- Bunterzone Enthusiasts’ site
- Index of Boys Weeklies