![]() He received lung damage during his award-winning rescue operation. In World War I he initially joined the Friends' Ambulance Unit, but later served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and received the Albert Medal for Lifesaving. Ill health dogged him, however, and he devoted himself to personal projects such as his first book of short stories, Midnight House (1910). Early life īorn into a wealthy Quaker family in Leeds, West Yorkshire, he attended the Quaker Bootham School in Yorkshire and Leighton Park School in Reading before going on to Balliol College, Oxford. Among his best-known stories are " August Heat" (1910) and "The Beast with Five Fingers", described by horror historian Les Daniels as "minor masterpieces". Harvey, was an English writer of short stories, most notably in the macabre and horror genres. ![]() ![]() William Fryer Harvey AM (14 April 1885 – 4 June 1937), known as W. ![]()
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