J&b priestley biography of christopher

BEGINNINGS

J.B.Priestley was born John Priestley on September 13th 1894 in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a schoolmaster. His mother died when he was very young, and he was brought up by his stepmother.After leaving Belle Vue School when he was 16, he worked in a wool office.

But, already determined to become a writer, he spent his hard earned money on buying books, and used his spare time trying different kinds of writing, including a regular unpaid column in a local periodical, the Bradford Pioneer.

Samples of his early writing are kept in the Archive at the Special Collections of the J.B.Priestley Library at the University of Bradford. His first piece of professional writing was an article “Secrets of the Rag-Time King” which appeared in London Opinion on Dec 14th 1912.

WORLD WAR I

He volunteered for the army in September 1914 and served for five years in England and France.The only time he wrote about his experiences during the First World War was in MAR