Martin Armstrong (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Martin Armstrong (writer)

British writer

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1882

Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1974

Profession: writer, poet, author, journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong (2 October 1882 – 24 February 1974) was an English writer and poet, known for his stories.Armstrong was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge. During World War I he volunteered with the British Army and served in France as a Private in the Artists' Rifles.
He was commissioned into the 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, T.F.
in 1915 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1916.
He was included in the final Georgian Poetry anthology. He married in 1929 Canadian writer Jessie McDonald after she had divorced Conrad Aiken, making Armstrong the stepfather of the young Joan Aiken.
He appears in disguised form as a character in Conrad Aiken's Ushant.