Charles James Hankinson

Charles James Hankinson, pen name: Clive Holland (23 April 1866, Bournemouth – 14 February 1959, London), was an English journalist and photographer.

Biography

Hankinson lectured on France, Belgium, the English countryside of Hardy's novels, and other travel and literary subjects. He made many contributions to The Westminster Gazette and The Pall Mall Gazette and wrote a number of books. He wrote a book on photography and collected Japanese photographs, prints, and old books.

Hankinson married in 1894 and was the father of numerous children.

Selected works 1896: The Lure of Fame (New Amsterdam) 1898: The Use of the Hand Camera 1901: Mousmé: a story of the West and East (Frederick A. Stokes Company) 1902: My Japanese Wife: a Japanese idyl (Frederick A. Stokes Company) 1904: A Japanese Romance 1906: Wessex (A. & C. Black) 1907: Things Seen in Japan (2nd ed. 1911) 1908: Things Seen in Egypt 1908: From the North Foreland to Penzance (Chatto & Windus) 1912: In the Vortex: a Latin Quarter romance (McBride, Nast) 1929: Things Seen in Normandy & Brittany (Seeley, Service)