title: William Romaine Paterson
text: # William Romaine Paterson
  
  William Romaine Paterson (29 July 1871, Glasgow —1942) was a Scottish, Glasgow-based writer often using the pen name Benjamin Swift. He wrote novels, poems, essays, and short stories.
  
  ## Works
  
  * Nancy Noon, 1896
  * The Tormentor, 1897
  * The Destroyer, 1898
  * Dartnell: A Bizarre Incident, 1900
  * Nude Souls, a novel, 1900
  * The Eternal Conflict, an essay, 1901, 228pp.
  * Ludus amoris, reprinted as The Game of Love, 1902
  * In Piccadilly, 1903
  * Gossip, 1905
  * Life's questionings: A book of experience, a collection of author's aphorisms and apothegms 1905
  * The Nemesis Of Nations: Studies In History, 1907
     * From the preface: "...a humble attempt is made to utilise part of the expert evidence for the purpose of forming some opinions on the life and death of nations." Chapters: I. Introduction, II. Hindustan, III. Babylon, IV. Greece, V. Rome.
  * The Death Man, 1908
  * The Lady of the Night, 1913
  * What Lies Beneath, 1917
  * Siren City, 1923
  * The Old Dance Master, 1923
  * Problems of Destiny, an essay, 1935
  
  ## Biographical details
  
  He lived as 25 University Gardens near the University of Glasgow.
  
  He received the MA degree (1894) from the University of Glasgow.
  
  His mother was Marion Paterson. His father was Robert Paterson. His sister, Catherine Paterson, gifted part his archive to University of Glasgow Special Collections. He also had brother, James Venn Paterson and a nephew James Paterson, Doctor of Laws.
  
  He was interred in Vichy, France.
  
  