William James Wintle (1861–1934) was an English journalist and writer.
Life.
Wintle's family was from Gloucestershire. He was educated at the Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys, in Battersea. He then was headmaster of a school for a time.
By 1896 Wintle was writing for the "Windsor Magazine". He then joined the Harmsworth staff, working for Lord Northcliffe. There he worked on magazines, and the "Harmsworth Encyclopaedia", a part-published (=serialized) work. Later he was director of a publishing house.
As naturalist, Wintle was known as a shell collector; his collection went to that of Arthur Blok. He became a fellow of the Zoological Society during 1899. He joined the Malacological Society of London also, during 1916, and was its Secretary during 1919; he was elected to the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland during 1917.
Interested in Christian religion, Wintle donated to the Anglican church in Chiswick. He spent time on Caldey Island with the Benedictines there. A British Museum list of those presenting zoology specimens during 1920 includes a Brother W. J. Wintle. He later became a Roman Catholic convert.
Works.
One of Wintle's pieces of journalism, "Life in Our New Century" from 1901, was published originally in the "Harmsworth Magazine".
Wintle also composed and published various books:
Wintle wrote for the Sunday School Union, using the pseudonym "John Upton" for a weekly article for the Union's "Sunday School Chronicle". With them he published:
According to his obituary, Wintle also wrote a "Life" of Charles Spurgeon.
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