Surname: Roberts Forename(s): Morley Charles b. 29 December 1857. d. 8 June 1942. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and novelist. Born in Paddington, London. Son of William Henry Roberts and Catherine
(née Pullen). Friends with George Gissing and biographer of Henry Maitland. Educated
at Bedford Free Grammar School and Owens College, Manchester. Married Alice Bruce
Hamlyn (née Selous) on May 16 1896. Prolific publications include mostly novels and
travel narratives, most well-known being the novels The Western Avernus (1887) and Rachel Marr (1903). Biographical information: ODNB. (BGL)