Charles Ray (editor)


Charles Ray was a prolific editor of encyclopedic works, mainly for children, especially during the 1930s. Charles Ray worked as editor with Amalgamated Press in London, and he contributed to The Children's Newspaper edited by Arthur Mee from 1919, and possibly also to the earlier Children's Encyclopaedia.

Family and personal life

His father was Charles James Ray, a boot manufacturer, and his mother was Lizzie Harvey. He was born in Stepney, London in 1874, and he married Florence probably around 1900. According to the 1911 Census, they had three sons and one daughter. They were Charles Aylward Ray who was an industrial chemist; Kenneth Alfred Ray, ; Florence Margaret Ray, ; Lawrence Arthur Ray. He retired in 1939 aged 65, and he died in Cromer, Norfolk on 8 June 1962.

Publications

Books