Clement Shorter

Clement King Shorter (19 July 1857 – 19 November 1926) was a British journalist and literary critic.

[1] The son of Richard and Elizabeth (née Clemenson) Shorter, young Clement attended school from 1863 to 1871 in Downham Market, Norfolk.

[2] Once finished with his schooling, Shorter spent four years working for several booksellers and publishers on Paternoster Row in London.

Shorter, survived by his wife and daughter, died on 19 November 1926, in his home at Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.

[3] During this time, Shorter maintained writing his controversial weekly column, "A Literary Letter."