Sam Hield Hamer

[2] He left school that year to take up a position with the publishers Cassell and Company, where he rose to join the editorial staff and stayed with the firm until 1907, serving as editor of Little Folks from 1895 to 1907.

[6] Hamer was committed to saving British landscape and heritage sites, and was secretary of the National Trust for 23 years, from 1911 – 1934.

He was responsible for raising the money needed (£35,000) for the Trust to buy the land surrounding Stonehenge.

It was reported that, during the time that he was secretary, the number of National Trust properties increased from 40 to 250.

[7] In 1913, a reviewer of his The Bran Pie commented that Hamer "probably understands the taste of children in literature as well as anyone now living.