November 12, 1852, Manchester, England.
January 23, 1941, High Salvington, Worthing, Sussex, England.
- John Oxenham (from a character in the novel Westward Ho!, by Charles Kingsley)
- Julian Ross
Dunkerley attended Old Trafford School and Victoria University in Manchester. As a businessman, he lived in France for a time, but upon returning to England he took up writing full time. He was an expert mountain climber, and served as deacon and teacher at the Euling Congregational Church in London. Among his more than 40 novels and books of verse are:
- God’s Prisoner, 1898
- The Coil of Carne (New York: John Lane Company, 1911)
- Bees in Amber, 1913
- The King’s High-Way, 1916
- The Vision Splendid, 1917
- The Wonder of Lourdes; What It Is and What It Means (London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1924)
- Gentlemen—the King! (Boston, Massachusetts: The Pilgrim Press, circa 1928)
- God’s Candle (London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1929)
- The Pageant of the King’s Children, with his son Roderick, 1930 Christ and the Third Wise Man (London: Longmans, Green and Company, circa 1934)