Author: Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders
Alternate names: Francis Beeding; Barum Browne; Cornelius Cofyn; David Pilgrim
Born: 14 January 1898
Died: 16 December 1951
Bio: A British author who wrote also in collaboration under pseudonyms; for example writing with <a href=http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1777046A>John Leslie Palmer</a> as <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2556315A/Francis_Beeding/>Francis Beeding</a>, <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2335418A/>David Pilgrim</a>, and John Somers; and with <a href=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1755760A/John_de_Vere_Loder_2nd_Baron_Wakehurst/>John deVere Loder</a> as Cornelius Cofyn.

>Saunders served with the Welsh Guards in WWI and worked for the Air Ministry in WWII, writing the famous pamphlet, *The Battle of Britain*. From 1946 to 1950 he was librarian of the House of Commons.

See <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Saint_George_Saunders>Wikipedia</a>.