Walter Besant - Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian from London. His sister in law was Annie Besant. The son of a merchant, he was born in Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire and attended school at St Pauls, Southsea, Stockwell Grammar, London and Kings College London. In 1855, he was admitted as a pensioner to Christs College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1859 as 18th wrangler. After a year as Mathematical Master at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire and a year at Leamington College, he spent 6 years as professor of mathematics at the Royal College, Mauritius. A breakdown in health compelled him to resign, and he returned to England and settled in London in 1867. He took the duties of Secretary to the Palestine Exploration Fund, which he h Sir Walter Besant was a novelist and historian from ...
