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A brand-new informational website about an older, unknown author.

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  • What you may or may not know

    From the late 1930s to the early 1960s

    Robert Ellis Key

    An active writer, veteran, and Christian Science practitioner, Robert Ellis Key was a man of many titles. Although it is unknown when he was born, it is known where. From Yorkshire, England, Key was educated at Richmond School and St. Peter’s School in Yorkshire. He served as a British army officer from 1914-1920, retiring with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire. He was a Christian Science practitioner from 1923-1961, also serving as a teacher, lecturer, and editor of Christian Science materials. He passed in 1961, with four total books published under his name from 1938 to the year of his death.

    Top left: Selections From the Poems of Robert E. Key (1938) Published by Pickering & Co.
    Top right: Poems (1947) Published by Ferris of Malvern
    Bottom Left: Here I Stand and Other Poems (1958) Published by Little Gaddesden
    Bottom Right: Collected Poems (1961) Published by A. E. Callam

More on Robert Ellis Key

Discover a new world of poetry and prayers

Robert Ellis Key’s works and other personal life information can be found in various collections of poetry, psalms, and prayers across English-published books. These include Boundless Light (pg 104), Christian Science Hymnal With Both Music and Words (pg 338), Historic Gardens of England (pg 104), The Continuing Spirit: The Story of Christian Science Since 1920 (various page footers), Christian Science Today: Power Policy Practice (pgs 149-153), The World Almanac and Book of Facts: 1953 (pg 707), Debrett’s Peerage, and Titles of Courtesy (pg 800), Hart’s Annual Army List, Militia List and Yeomanry Cavalry List (pg 331), and  Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (pg 1764). The last piece of which we learn of his heritage and parents, his father’s name written as William Henry Key. Through this and research by openlibrary.org, one can find the name of Key’s mother as well: Sarah Catherine.