Monkhouse, Allan (1858–1936)

English journalist, dramatist, and novelist. He became a drama critic and leader writer for the Manchester Guardian, later contributing to it the weekly article ‘A Bookman's Notes’. He wrote a number of plays, notably Reaping the Whirlwind (1908) and The Conquering Hero (1924), a pacifist study. His novels, which included My Daughter Helen (1922) and Farewell, Manchester (1931), reflect the conflict between belief in business and sentimental socialism.