- Arthur Quiller-Couch was born on November 21, 1863 in Cornwall, England, UK. He was a writer, known for True Tilda (1920), The Splendid Spur (1960) and The Seventh Man (1938). He was married to Louisa Amelia Hicks. He died on May 12, 1944 in Fowey, Cornwall, England, UK.
- SpouseLouisa Amelia Hicks(1889 - May 12, 1944) (his death, 2 children)
- British novelist, poet, and anthologist.
- Professor of English at Cambridge University from 1912 to his death.
- Knighted in 1910.
- Also used the pen-name "Q".
- If you here require a practical rule of me, I will present you with this: 'Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it-whole-heartedly-and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings."
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