Frank Albert Farrar
Frank Albert Farrar is a mysterious author about whom almost nothing can be found online; possibly he may have been writing under a pseudonym. In his work, Farrar makes little reference to himself or his own experiences of the myths, at a time when other authors would often include the background to their own experience of the myths in their introductions.
Hathi Trust Digital Library attributes to Farrar the 1916 title Factories and great industries, with some account of trade unions, old age pensions, state insurance, the relief of distress, hospitals, which would suggest left wing leanings on Farrar’s part. Haithi Trust calls the author of both this and Old Greek Nature Stories Francis rather than Frank; however Frank can also be a diminutive nickname for Francis so this may not be spurious. The name Frank Albert Farrar appears in A Bibliography of British Industrial Relations (Bain and Woolven, Cambridge University Press, 1979), supporting the possibility Farrar was also a writer on early twentieth century industry. It is also possible, however, these are two separate men with the same name writing in the same decade.
Sources:
Haithi Trust Digital Library (accessed: February 4, 2020);
Google Books, A Bibliography of Industrial Relations (accessed 4th of February 2020).
Bio prepared by Robin Diver, University of Birmingham, RSD253@student.bham.ac.uk
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