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{{Short description|Australian novelist and poet}}
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{{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]].-->
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'''John Henry Macartney Abbott''' (1874 – 1953) was an [[Australia|Australian]] novelist and poet who was born in Haydonton, [[Murrurundi]], [[New South Wales]] in 1874.
'''J. H. M. Abbott''' (1874-1953) was an Australian novelist and poet who was born in Haydonton, [[Murrurundi]], [[New South Wales]] in 1874. He was the eldest son of son of (Sir) Joseph Palmer Abbott and his first wife Matilda Elizabeth, née Macartney. He was educated at The King's School, Parramatta and then attended classes at the University of Sydney before returning to the family property to work as a jackaroo. He published his first verse in ''The Bulletin'' in 1897.<ref name=adb>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/abbott-john-henry-macartney-4961 ''Australian Dictionary of Biography - Abbott, John Henry (Macartney) (1874–1953)'' by B. G. Andrews]</ref> ▼
==Early life==
In January 1900 he left Australia for the Boer War where he served as a corporal in the 1st Australian Horse, and later as a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery, but was invalided back to Australia in October 1900. He utilised his experiences in the war to write ''Tommy Cornstalk'' (1902), the success of which convinced him to move to London to work as a journalist. He returned to Australia in 1909 and worked for the next 40 years as a writer of novels, poetry and prose pieces for various newspapers and periodicals.<ref name=adb/>▼
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▲In January 1900 he left Australia for the [[Second Boer War|Boer War]] where he served as a corporal in the [[1st Australian Horse]], and later as a second lieutenant in the [[Royal Field Artillery]], but was invalided back to Australia in October 1900.
Abbott died in the Rydalmere Mental Hospital of vascular disease on 12 August 1953.<ref name=adb/>▼
According to Miller and Macartney, {{quotation|His writings consist mainly of novels and short stories of a simple kind, without subtleties or motive or characterization, against a background of the Australian past as revealed by historical records, and introducing actual personages.<ref>E. Morris Miller & Frederick Macartney, ''Australian Literature'', Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1956, p.27.</ref>}}
== Bibliography ==▼
▲Abbott died in the Rydalmere Mental Hospital of vascular disease on 12 August 1953.<ref name="J H M Abbott adb"/>
▲== Bibliography ==
===Novels===
* ''Plain and Veldt : being studies, stories and sketches of my own people, in peace and at war'' (1903)
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* ''Out of the Past'' (1944)
===Short
* ''The King's School and Other Tales for Old Boys'' (1931)
===Children's fiction===
*{{cite Q |Q126678335 |mode=cs1}}
* ''Dogsnose'' (1928)
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[[Category:Australian male novelists]]
[[Category:Australian poets]]
[[Category:Royal Field Artillery officers]]
[[Category:People educated at The King's School, Parramatta]]
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