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A Short Biography of George Robert Sims

Author Name:

George Robert Sims

Born As:

George Robert Sims

Other Names:

Born:

2 Sep 1847

Died:

04 Sep 1922




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Journalist, poet and author                          
Seelcted Works:

Plays:

The Lights of London - 1880, which ran for nearly a year.
In the Ranks - Adelphi, Oct. 1883, written with H Pettit, which ran for 457 nights.
Harbour Lights - 1885, which ran for 513 nights.
Two Little Vagabonds - Princesss Theatre, 1896-1897.

Novels:

Rogues and Vagabonds
Memoirs of Mary Jane
Mary Jane Married
Memoirs of a Landlady
The Ten Commandments
Li Ting of London

Books:

The Coachman's Club, Or, Tales Told Out of School - 1897
Living London (3 vols. 1901–1903 - chronicling the variety in London life
Among My Autographs - 1904

Autobiography:

My Life: Sixty Years' Recollections of Bohemian London - 1917.
                          
Mother Louisa Amelia Ann Stevenson Sims
Father George Sims, six children.
First wife Sarah Elizabeth Collis, died.
Second wife Annie Maria Harriss
Third wife Elizabeth Florence Wykes, no children.