Robert Croker 17 April 1870 (1870-04-17) Dublin, Ireland
Died
3 February 1911 (1911-02-04) (aged 40) Liverpool, United Kingdom
Resting place
Liverpool Parochial Cemetery (Walton Park Cemetery)
Occupation
House painter and decorator, Author
Language
English
Nationality
Irish
Genre
Social realism
Notable works
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
Spouse
Elizabeth Hartel
(m. 1891; div. 1897)
Children
1
Website
www.1066.net/tressell/
Robert Phillipe Noonan (17 April 1870 – 3 February 1911), born Robert Croker, and best known by the pen name Robert Tressell, was an Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists.
Tressell spent his early adult working life in South Africa. It was in Johannesburg that he was drawn into labour organisation and socialist politics. In Johannesburg, he was also involved with some of the leading protagonists of Irish nationalism.
He returned to England where he continued to work as a painter and decorator in Hastings and wrote his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, probably between 1906 and 1910,[1] 'about exploitative employment when the only safety nets are charity, workhouse and grave.' George Orwell appraised it as a wonderful book.[2]
^Introduction, p.ix, Peter Miles, OUP edition, 2008
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