R. L. Mégroz

Rodolphe Louis Mégroz (2 August 1891 – 30 September 1968) was a prolific English writer, critic and poet. He was born in London, with a French father and English mother. He worked in a bank before World War I, in which he served in the British Army at Gallipoli.

After the war Mégroz trained as a journalist, and worked as a freelance. He also wrote numerous books, and stories. During World War II he worked for the BBC.

Works Personal Poems (1919) A talk with Joseph Conrad and a criticism of his mind and method (1926) The Three Sitwells; a biographical and critical study (1927) Francis Thompson: The Poet of Earth in Heaven. A Study in Poetic Mysticism and the Evolution of Love-Poetry (1927) (Faber & Gwyer) Ronald Ross, discoverer and creator (1931) Rhys Davies. A Critical Sketch (1932) The Lear Omnibus (1938) The Real Robinson Crusoe (1939) Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painter poet of heaven in earth Profile Art Through the Ages: A Study of the Use and significance of Profile and Silhouette from the Stone Age to Puppet Films Shakespeare as a Letter Writer and Artist in Prose Walter de la Mare: A Biography and Critical Study (1972)