Ernest Prater

He attended Dr. Devonshire's school in London, and began his working life as a publisher's clerk and took up drawing.

[2] He became a Boer War correspondent for The Sphere, attached to General Buller's column, sending back illustrations from the battlefield.

Kingston, Percy F. Westerman, Frank T. Bullen, Tom Bevan, Herbert Hayens and Bessie Marchant.

[6] He also collaborated with Sidney Paget, the illustrator for the Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

His occupation is Artist Illustrator B and W. Living in the household are his wife Florence Alice Prater (née Norris) and their children Gladys Alma (11), Marie Lilian Marguerite (9), Minnie Winifred (6), Ruby Albina (3) and Raleigh Brandon (1).