G E Mitton
Geraldine Edith Mitton, also known as G.E. Mitton, was a prolific English writer who wrote novels, biographies, guide-books, and edited works. She was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham to Rev. Henry Arthur Mitton and was the third of his daughters. She moved to London in 1896 where she collaborated with Walter Besant on his survey of London. She joined the staff of A & C Black, a publishing company, in 1899 where she worked on the editorial staff of Who's Who. Mitton married Sir George...See more
Geraldine Edith Mitton, also known as G.E. Mitton, was a prolific English writer who wrote novels, biographies, guide-books, and edited works. She was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham to Rev. Henry Arthur Mitton and was the third of his daughters. She moved to London in 1896 where she collaborated with Walter Besant on his survey of London. She joined the staff of A & C Black, a publishing company, in 1899 where she worked on the editorial staff of Who's Who. Mitton married Sir George Scott, a colonial administrator, in 1920 and collaborated with him on several novels set in Burma. She wrote Scott's biography, titled Scott of the Shan Hills, which was published in 1936, the year after his death. See less