Frank Ernest Halliday (10 February 1903 – 26 March 1982) was an English academic, author and amateur painter.
F. E. Halliday — he preferred use of his initials for his books and public life — was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, and educated at King's College, Cambridge, where he earned his M.A.
After his retirement from teaching, he and his family moved to St Ives, Cornwall, where Halliday pursued a second career as a professional author.
He was a member of Penwith Society of Arts, was a governor of the local secondary school, and joined Barbara Hepworth in opposing plans to turn the Island, St Ives' headland, into a car park.
[1] When he turned 70 in 1973, the St Ives Times & Echo said he had done "as much as, if not more than, any native Cornishman towards protecting, preserving and improving" the town.