R. J. Yeatman

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R. J. Yeatman
Born(1897-07-15)15 July 1897
Chelsea, London
Died13 July 1968(1968-07-13) (aged 70)
South Kensington, London
NationalityBritish
OccupationHumourist
Notable work1066 and All That

Robert Julian Yeatman (15 July 1897 – 13 July 1968) was a British

Punch. He is best known for the book 1066 and All That, a tongue-in-cheek guide to "all the history you can remember", which he wrote with W. C. Sellar
.

Yeatman was born in

Taylor's Port. From 1911 he was educated at Marlborough College.[1] In World War I he was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery. Serving in France, he won the Military Cross[2] and was severely wounded. After the war he attended Oriel College, Oxford, where he met Sellar. Yeatman then worked as a journalist before becoming advertising manager for Kodak Ltd.[1]

When asked to convert his BA from Oxford into an MA, Yeatman could not find the fee owing to debt, and hence he is recorded in 1066 and All That as "Failed M.A., etc. Oxon".[3]

With ambitions to be a writer, Yeatman contributed humorous pieces to Punch from 1926,[1] with 1066 and All That published in 1930,[4] which was an immediate success. Three further joint ventures with Sellar followed: And Now All This (1932), Horse Nonsense (1933), and Garden Rubbish (1936), all selling well but without the popular success of 1066.[1]

Yeatman rejoined the army in 1940, serving as a captain in the Royal Artillery, then working for the Ministry of Information from 1943 until 1949. Afterwards he was employed as a copywriter, retiring in 1962.[1]

A biography of R J Yeatman, written by his son Bill Yeatman, is available at www.agoodmanforallthat.com

Bibliography

All of the following books were co-authored with W. C. Sellar:

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39442. Retrieved 4 July 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ "No. 13001". The Edinburgh Gazette. 23 October 1916. p. 1902.
  3. ^ Bremer, John (1999). "C.S. Lewis and the Ceremonies of Oxford University (1917–1925)". The Lewis Legacy (79). Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. OCLC 504659365
    .

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